Mirzam (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Mirzam is visible between 22:34 and 05:17. It will become accessible at around 22:34, when it rises to an altitude of 13° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:56, 29° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:17 when it sinks below 13° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Mirzam
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h22m41s [3] |
| Declination: | −17°57'21" [3] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.96 (V) [3] 1.75 (BT) [2] 1.93 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 151.1 parsec 492.4 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 3.3 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 256.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.94 |
Sources