26-CMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 26-CMa is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 21° above the horizon.
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Name
26-CMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h12m12s [4] |
| Declination: | -25°56'33" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.89 (V) [2] 5.69 (BT) [2] 5.87 (VT) [2] 5.89 (G) [4] 5.79 (BP) [4] 6.04 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 278.4 parsec 907.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.15 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 329.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.34 |
Sources