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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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27 Canis Majoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:44 | Tran: 16:09 | Set: 19:33
Alt: -51.20°   Az: 64.97°   Direction: East-North-East

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.

Image of 27 Canis Majoris star
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

07h 15m 17s
-26° 23’ 52”
14h 37m 20s
21h 52m 37s

J2000

07h 14m 15s
-26° 21’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

238.97°
-7.07°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.66
Giant

-3.76
B3III
13348K

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

HR 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

483.09
1,574.88
-0.009 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

27 Canis Majoris
SAO173264
SAO173264

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°
Max altitude: 12.1°
Azimuth: 243.6°