FN-CMa (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , FN-CMa will become visible at around 20:33 (EDT), 28° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:43.

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Name FN-CMa

Object type Star

Other names

FN CMa
HR 2678^[1]
HD 53974
HIP 34301^[3]
TYC 5389-3064-1^[2]
Gaia EDR3- 3046209991399279360^[4]

Position

Right ascension:	07^h06^m40^s ^[4]
Declination:	−11°17'38" ^[4]
Constellation:	Canis Major
Magnitude: Variable	5.44 (V) ^[2] 5.44 (BT) ^[2] 5.44 (VT) ^[2] 5.57 (G) ^[4] 5.35 (BP) ^[4] 5.27 (RP) ^[4]
B-V Color (mag):	0.00
Proper motion (speed):	4.6 mas/yr^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	316.6°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[3]	Hipparcos, the new reduction of the raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

^[4]	Gaia EDR3 (Gaia Collaboration 2020)

Visibility from Cambridge

All times shown in Cambridge local time.

Cambridge

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Longitude:
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42.38°N
71.11°W
EDT

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