29 Canis Majoris

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:39 | Tran: 16:17 | Set: 19:56

Alt: -35.07° Az: 86.27° Direction: East

29 Canis Majoris is a variable supergiant star of spectral class O7 in the constellation of Canis Major.

29 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, 29 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 29 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Canis Majoris during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 19m 43s

Declination -24° 36’ 24”

Hour Angle 16h 15m 43s

Sidereal Time 23h 35m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 18m 40s

Declination -24° 33’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 237.82°

Galactic Latitude -5.37°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.98

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.83

Spectral Type O7I

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Canis Majoris is distant 2,990.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 917.43

Distance (light year) 2,990.83

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Canis Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD57060

SAO Catalogue SAO173444

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35412

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 5173

General Catalogue of Variable Stars UW CMa

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Canis Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.6° RISE 12:39

Max altitude: 13.9° TRANSIT 16:17

Azimuth: 245.4° SET 19:56

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Major