ι-CMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , ι-CMa is visible between 22:57 and 04:52. It will become accessible at around 22:57, when it rises to an altitude of 18° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:54, 31° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:52 when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
ι-CMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h56m08s [4] |
| Declination: | −17°03'15" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.38 (V) [2] 4.28 (BT) [2] 4.37 (VT) [2] 4.35 (G) [4] 4.31 (BP) [4] 4.36 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 1.1 kpc 3.4 klyr [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 4.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 312.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.74 |
Sources