11 Canis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:00 | Tran: 16:53 | Set: 23:46

Alt: 48.83° Az: 190.36° Direction: South

11 Canis Minoris is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

11 Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, 11 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.

DSS2 image of 11 Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Canis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 47m 40s

Declination +10° 42’ 17”

Hour Angle 00h 27m 41s

Sidereal Time 08h 15m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 46m 16s

Declination +10° 46’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 209.33°

Galactic Latitude 17°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for 11 Canis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.3

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.39

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Canis Minoris is distant 312.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 95.79

Distance (light year) 312.26

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 11 Canis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62832

SAO Catalogue SAO97224

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37921

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 1670

FK5 Catalogue 1201

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 3724

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 79.3° RISE 10:00

Max altitude: 49.2° TRANSIT 16:53

Azimuth: 280.7° SET 23:46

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Minor