27 Canis Majoris

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:48 | Tran: 16:13 | Set: 19:37

Alt: -48.15° Az: 289.43° Direction: West-North-West

27 Canis Majoris is a variable giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Canis Major.

27 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, 27 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.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 15m 17s

Declination -26° 23’ 52”

Hour Angle 09h 01m 31s

Sidereal Time 16h 16m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 14m 15s

Declination -26° 21’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.97°

Galactic Latitude -7.07°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.66

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -3.76

Spectral Type B3III

Color Index (B-V) -0.19

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (parsec) 483.09

Distance (light year) 1,574.88

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 116.4° RISE 12:48

Max altitude: 12.1° TRANSIT 16:13

Azimuth: 243.6° SET 19:37

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Major