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15 Canis Majoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:50 | Tran: 20:58 | Set: 1:10
Alt: -2.52°   Az: 120.08°   Direction: East-South-East

15 Canis Majoris is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Canis Major.

15 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, 15 Canis Majoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 15 Canis Majoris star
DSS2 image of 15 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Canis Majoris during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 54m 38s
-20° 15’ 24”
19h 31m 24s
02h 26m 02s

J2000

06h 53m 32s
-20° 13’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

231.3°
-8.62°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Sub-giant

-3.64
B1IV
13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Canis Majoris is distant 1,613.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

495.05
1,613.86
28 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

15 Canis Majoris
SAO172520
SAO172520

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Canis Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.3°
Max altitude: 18.3°
Azimuth: 249.7°