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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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14 Canis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:24 | Tran: 17:32 | Set: 23:41
Alt: 0.85°   Az: 87.61°   Direction: East

14 Canis Minoris is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

14 Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Canis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 14 Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Canis Minoris during the next 1000 years (-2.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.65 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 59m 39s
+02° 09’ 16”
17h 54m 38s
01h 54m 18s

J2000

07h 58m 20s
+02° 13’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

218.7°
15.88°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Hypergiant

0.74
K0III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Canis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Canis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

14 Canis Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 14 Canis Minoris double sysyem:

5.29
8.29
3
88.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Canis Minoris is distant 264.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

81.10
264.40
46 km/s
-0.158 arcsec/y
0.099"/y

Alternative Designations

14 Canis Minoris
SAO116182
SAO116182

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Canis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.8°
Max altitude: 40.7°
Azimuth: 272.2°