FV-CMa (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , FV-CMa is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:14 (PDT) – 3 hours and 21 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 21° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:35.

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Name FV-CMa

Object type Star

Other names

FV CMa
HR 2690^[1]
HD 54309
HIP 34360^[3]
TYC 6524-4728-1^[2]

Position

Right ascension:	07^h07^m22^s ^[2]
Declination:	−23°50'26" ^[2]
Constellation:	Canis Major
Magnitude: Variable	5.76 (V) ^[2] 5.59 (BT) ^[2] 5.75 (VT) ^[2]
B-V Color (mag):	-0.13
Proper motion (speed):	7.0 mas/yr^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	331.1°

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)

Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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