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Sunset: 17:11
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17 Canis Majoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:12 | Tran: 21:19 | Set: 1:30
Alt: -10.69°   Az: 250.52°   Direction: West-South-West

17 Canis Majoris is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Canis Major.

17 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, 17 Canis Majoris 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 17 Canis Majoris star
DSS2 image of 17 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Canis Majoris during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 56m 07s
-20° 26’ 17”
05h 25m 23s
12h 21m 31s

J2000

06h 55m 02s
-20° 24’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

231.62°
-8.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 17 Canis Majoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Sub-giant

-0.60
A3IV
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

17 Canis Majoris is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 17 Canis Majoris double sysyem:

5.74
8.94
3.2
50.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Canis Majoris is distant 604.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

185.53
604.82
-15 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

17 Canis Majoris
SAO172569
SAO172569

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Canis Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.4°
Max altitude: 18.1°
Azimuth: 249.6°