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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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λ Canis Majoris (lambda Canis Majoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:34 | Tran: 14:59 | Set: 17:25
Alt: -29.30°   Az: 106.68°   Direction: East-South-East

λ Canis Majoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Canis Major.

λ Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.48. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Canis Majoris (lambda Canis Majoris) star
DSS2 image of λ Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Canis Majoris during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 29m 06s
-32° 35’ 51”
17h 30m 17s
23h 59m 24s

J2000

06h 28m 10s
-32° 34’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

240.64°
-18.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Canis Majoris (lambda Canis Majoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.48
Main-sequence

-1.00
B4V
12902K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Canis Majoris is distant 405.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

124.53
405.98
41 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Canis Majoris
(lambda Canis Majoris)
SAO196857
SAO196857

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.6°
Max altitude: 5.9°
Azimuth: 237.4°