Muliphein (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , Muliphein is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:43, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:53, 33° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:36, 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name Muliphein
Object type Star
Other names
Muliphein
γ-CMa
Gamma Canis Majoris
23-CMa
23 Canis Majoris
HR 2657[1]
HD 53244
HIP 34045[3]
TYC 5963-1938-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2936152657031151232[4]
Position
Right ascension:07h03m45s [4]
Declination:−15°38'00" [4]
Constellation:Canis Major
Magnitude:4.09 (V) [2]
3.95 (BT) [2]
4.08 (VT) [2]
4.09 (G) [4]
4.02 (BP) [4]
4.15 (RP) [4]
Distance:131.9 parsec
430.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):-0.11
Proper motion (speed):11.5 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):175.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.51

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