17-CMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 17-CMa is visible between 19:03 and 00:51. It will become accessible at around 19:03, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 21:57, 35° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 00:51 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
17-CMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h55m02s [4] |
| Declination: | −20°24'17" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: | 5.79 (V) [2] 5.85 (BT) [2] 5.80 (VT) [2] 5.78 (G) [4] 5.80 (BP) [4] 5.72 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 184.6 parsec 602.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 181.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.54 |
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