27 Canis Majoris

Altitude: -31.5° Azimuth: 266.3° Direction: West

27 Canis Majoris is a variable giant star in the constellation of Canis Major.

27 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, 27 Canis Majoris should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 27 Canis Majoris:

Color of 27 Canis Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 27 Canis Majoris 4.66

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

27 Canis Majoris is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -31.5°
Azimuth: 266.3°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 27 Canis Majoris

27 Canis Majoris is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 27 Canis Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 14m 15s

Declination J2000 -26° 21’ 08”

Galactic Longitude 238.97°

Galactic Latitude -7.07°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 27 Canis Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 27 Canis Majoris.

Visibility of 27 Canis Majoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 27 Canis Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.4° RISE 4:18

Max altitude: 12.2° TRANSIT 7:43

Azimuth: 243.6° SET 11:08

Digitized Sky Survey image of 27 Canis Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 27 Canis Majoris from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 27 Canis Majoris is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 27 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Canis Majoris during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 27 Canis Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

27 Canis Majoris is distant 1,574.88 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 483.09 pc

Distance (light year) 1,574.88 ly

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 27 Canis Majoris

27 Canis Majoris belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.76

Spectral Type B3III

Color Index (B-V) -0.19

Temperature of 27 Canis Majoris 13348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 27 Canis Majoris

Flamsteed designation 27 Canis Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56014

SAO Catalogue SAO173264

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34981

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 4057

General Catalogue of Variable Stars EW CMa

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