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.

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

Right Ascension 07h 59m 39s

Declination +02° 09’ 16”

Hour Angle 17h 54m 38s

Sidereal Time 01h 54m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 58m 20s

Declination +02° 13’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 218.7°

Galactic Latitude 15.88°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.29

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.74

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

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

Main star magnitude 5.29

Secondary star magnitude 8.29

Magnitude difference 3

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 81.10

Distance (light year) 264.40

Radial Speed 46 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.158 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.099"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Canis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65345

SAO Catalogue SAO116182

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38962

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 1833

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° RISE 11:24

Max altitude: 40.7° TRANSIT 17:32

Azimuth: 272.2° SET 23:41

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Minor