Canis Major

The Greater Dog
(CMa)

Canis Major image mapMoncerosLepusPuppis


Brightest stars:

         ______epoch 2000.0______

 

         R Ascension   Declination m    Spectrum parallax common name

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Alpha    6h 45m  8.9s -16° 42' 58" -1.46   A1Vm      0.375"  Sirius (ADS 5423)

Epsilon  6h 58m 37.5s -28° 58' 20" 1.50   B2II      0.001"  Adhara (ADS 5654)

Delta    7h  8m 23.5s -26° 23' 36" 1.84   F8Ia              Wezen

Beta     6h 22m 42.0s -17° 57' 21" 1.98v  B1II-III  0.019"  Murzim

Eta      7h 24m  5.7s -29° 18' 11" 2.45   B5Ia              Aludra

Omicron2 7h  3m  1.5s -23° 50' 0" 3.02   B3Iab            

Zeta     6h 20m 18.8s -30° 3' 48" 3.02   B2.5V     0.004"  Furud

Sigma    7h  1m 43.1s -27° 56' 5" 3.47v  K7Ib      0.024"  (ADS 5719)

Omega    7h 14m 48.7s -26° 46' 22" 3.85v  B2IV-Ve          

Omicron1 6h 54m  7.9s -24° 11' 2" 3.87v  K2+Iab    0.002" 

Nu 2     6h 36m 41.0s -19° 15' 21" 3.95   K1III     0.058" 

Kappa    6h 49m 50.5s -32° 30' 31" 3.96v  B1.5IVne         

Theta    6h 54m 11.4s -12° 2' 19" 4.07   K4III     0.022" 

Gamma    7h  3m 45.5s -15° 38' 0" 4.12   B8II              Muliphein

Xi 1     6h 31m 51.3s -23° 25' 6" 4.33v  B0.5IV            (Xi1 CMa)(ADS 5176)

Iota     6h 56m  8.2s -17° 3' 15" 4.37v  B3II      0.005" 

Tau      7h 18m 42.4s -24° 57' 15" 4.40   O9Ib              (ADS 5977)

Nu 3     6h 37m 53.4s -18° 14' 15" 4.43   K1-II-II  0.013" 

Lambda   6h 28m 10.1s -32° 34' 48" 4.48   B4V       0.013" 

Xi 2     6h 35m  3.4s -22° 57' 53" 4.54   A0V       0.025" 

 



Deep sky objects:

                 ___epoch 2000.0___     m 

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NGC2287  M41   6h 47.1m   -20° 46'   5.0    open cluster   

NGC2354        7h 14.2m   -25° 44'   9.0    open cluster   

NGC2362        7h 18.6m   -24° 58'   4.0    open cluster   

 

 





Neighbours: 
Monoceros - Lepus - Columba - Puppis

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