11 Canis Majoris

Altitude: 23.2° Azimuth: 167.1° Direction: South-South-East

11 Canis Majoris is a giant star in the constellation of Canis Major.

11 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its reltive faintness, 11 Canis Majoris should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 11 Canis Majoris:

Color of 11 Canis Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 11 Canis Majoris 5.29

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

11 Canis Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 23.2°
Azimuth: 167.1°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 11 Canis Majoris

11 Canis Majoris is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 11 Canis Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 46m 51s

Declination J2000 -14° 25’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 225.33°

Galactic Latitude -7.52°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 11 Canis Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 11 Canis Majoris.

Visibility of 11 Canis Majoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 11 Canis Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.4° RISE 9:57

Max altitude: 24.1° TRANSIT 14:40

Azimuth: 255.6° SET 19:23

RIGHT NOW 11 Canis Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 11 Canis Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 11 Canis Majoris from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 11 Canis Majoris is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 11 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Canis Majoris during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 11 Canis Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

11 Canis Majoris is distant 641.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 196.85 pc

Distance (light year) 641.73 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 11 Canis Majoris

11 Canis Majoris belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.18

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of 11 Canis Majoris 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 11 Canis Majoris

Flamsteed designation 11 Canis Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49229

SAO Catalogue SAO151919

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32492

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 1584

In Evidence

Other stars in Canis Major