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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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1 Canis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:50 | Tran: 16:47 | Set: 23:45
Alt: 41.02°   Az: 228.38°   Direction: South-West

1 Canis Minoris is a sub-giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

1 Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, 1 Canis Minoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 1 Canis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 1 Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Canis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 26m 22s
+11° 37’ 05”
02h 20m 38s
09h 47m 01s

J2000

07h 24m 58s
+11° 40’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

206.17°
12.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 1 Canis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.3
Sub-giant

0.36
A5IV
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Canis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Canis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Canis Minoris is distant 317.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

97.28
317.12
-1 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

1 Canis Minoris
SAO96871
SAO96871

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Canis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.4°
Max altitude: 50.1°
Azimuth: 281.6°