γ-CMi (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Northridge , γ-CMi is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:02 (PDT) – 3 hours and 24 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:25.
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Name
γ-CMi
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h28m09s [2] |
| Declination: | +08°55'31" [2] |
| Constellation: | Canis Minor |
| Magnitude: | 4.33 (V) [2] 6.18 (BT) [2] 4.48 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 97.6 parsec 318.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.44 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 62.0 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 279.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.62 |
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