HK-CMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , HK-CMa is visible between 00:26 and 04:23. It will become accessible at around 00:26, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 02:25, 27° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:23 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
HK-CMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h47m01s [4] |
| Declination: | −21°00'55" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.05 (V) [2] 5.86 (BT) [2] 6.03 (VT) [2] 6.04 (G) [4] 5.95 (BP) [4] 6.17 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 216.7 parsec 706.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 15.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 291.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.63 |
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