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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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ι Canis Majoris (iota Canis Majoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:03 | Tran: 16:30 | Set: 20:58
Alt: 20.11°   Az: 195.74°   Direction: South-South-West

ι Canis Majoris is a variable bright giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Canis Major.

ι Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.37. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Canis Majoris (iota Canis Majoris) star
DSS2 image of ι Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Canis Majoris during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 57m 16s
-17° 05’ 19”
01h 01m 49s
07h 59m 05s

J2000

06h 56m 08s
-17° 03’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

228.7°
-6.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Canis Majoris (iota Canis Majoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.37
Bright giant

-5.50
B3II
11092K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Canis Majoris is distant 3,075.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

943.40
3,075.47
41 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Canis Majoris
(iota Canis Majoris)
20 Canis Majoris
SAO152126
SAO152126

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 107.1°
Max altitude: 21.4°
Azimuth: 252.9°