UW-CMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , UW-CMa is visible between 22:39 and 04:03. It will become accessible at around 22:39, when it rises to an altitude of 19° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:21, 31° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:03 when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
UW-CMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h18m40s [4] |
| Declination: | −24°33'31" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.94 (V) [2] 4.76 (BT) [2] 4.93 (VT) [2] 4.99 (G) [4] 4.88 (BP) [4] 5.02 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 1.2 kpc 3.8 klyr [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 4.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 322.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.40 |
Sources