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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:29
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η Canis Minoris (eta Canis Minoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:04 | Tran: 4:41 | Set: 11:14
Alt: -31.28°   Az: 8.63°   Direction: North

η Canis Minoris is a double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

η Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, η 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 η Canis Minoris (eta Canis Minoris) star
DSS2 image of η Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of η Canis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 29m 22s
+06° 53’ 23”
12h 29m 40s
19h 59m 02s

J2000

07h 28m 02s
+06° 56’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

210.85°
11.28°

Finder Chart

Finder chart η Canis Minoris (eta Canis Minoris) star
Simplified finder chart for η Canis Minoris (eta Canis Minoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Hypergiant

0.09
F0III
8011K

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

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

Star System Properties

η 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 η Canis Minoris double sysyem:

5.25
10.45
5.2
4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Canis Minoris is distant 351.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

107.76
351.29
18 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

η Canis Minoris
(eta Canis Minoris)
5 Canis Minoris
SAO115477
SAO115477

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 83.1°
Max altitude: 45.4°
Azimuth: 276.9°