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 Fairfield , FV-CMa will become visible at around 20:25 (EDT), 22° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:46.

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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 Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Fairfield

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Longitude:
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41.14°N
73.26°W
EDT

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