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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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γ Canis Minoris (gamma Canis Minoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:44 | Tran: 16:27 | Set: 23:10
Alt: 44.63°   Az: 206.85°   Direction: South-South-West

γ Canis Minoris is a multiple giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

γ Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 4.32. Because of its moderate brightness, γ Canis Minoris 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 γ Canis Minoris (gamma Canis Minoris) star
DSS2 image of γ Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Canis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 29m 32s
+08° 52’ 19”
01h 15m 56s
08h 45m 29s

J2000

07h 28m 09s
+08° 55’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

209.05°
12.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Canis Minoris (gamma Canis Minoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.32
Giant

-1.11
K3III
3902K

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

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

Star System Properties

γ 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 γ Canis Minoris double sysyem:

4.32
10.22
5.9
130 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Canis Minoris is distant 397.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 47 kilometers per second.

121.95
397.56
47 km/s
-0.062 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Canis Minoris
(gamma Canis Minoris)
4 Canis Minoris
SAO115478
SAO115478

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 81.1°
Max altitude: 47.4°
Azimuth: 278.9°