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TimezoneEurope/Istanbul
Sunrise: 5:15 
Transit: 12:42 
Sunset: 20:08
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δ3 Canis Minoris (delta3 Canis Minoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:36 | Tran: 12:46 | Set: 18:55
Alt: 44.00°   Az: 138.22°   Direction: South-East

δ3 Canis Minoris is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

δ3 Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, δ3 Canis Minoris 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 δ3 Canis Minoris (delta3 Canis Minoris) star
DSS2 image of δ3 Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of δ3 Canis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 35m 36s
+03° 18’ 51”
22h 05m 14s
05h 40m 50s

J2000

07h 34m 15s
+03° 22’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

214.81°
11.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ3 Canis Minoris (delta3 Canis Minoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Hypergiant

-0.77
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ3 Canis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ3 Canis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

δ3 Canis Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ3 Canis Minoris double sysyem:

5.81
11.01
5.2
90 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ3 Canis Minoris is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
34 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

δ3 Canis Minoris
(delta3 Canis Minoris)
9 Canis Minoris
SAO115644
SAO115644

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ3 Canis Minoris (delta3 Canis Minoris) rise, transit and set times from Boğazkaya, Turkey are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Istanbul):

Azimuth: 86.7°
Max altitude: 51.9°
Azimuth: 273.3°