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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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ν3 Canis Majoris (nu3 Canis Majoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:44 | Tran: 16:04 | Set: 20:25
Alt: -16.55°   Az: 98.72°   Direction: East

ν3 Canis Majoris is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Canis Major.

ν3 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.43. Because of its moderate brightness, ν3 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 ν3 Canis Majoris (nu3 Canis Majoris) star
DSS2 image of ν3 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ν3 Canis Majoris during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 39m 00s
-18° 15’ 39”
17h 44m 38s
00h 23m 38s

J2000

06h 37m 53s
-18° 14’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

227.87°
-11.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν3 Canis Majoris (nu3 Canis Majoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.43
Bright giant

-1.34
K1II
4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ν3 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ν3 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν3 Canis Majoris is distant 463.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

142.25
463.73
-2 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

ν3 Canis Majoris
(nu3 Canis Majoris)
8 Canis Majoris
SAO151730
SAO151730

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ν3 Canis Majoris (nu3 Canis Majoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.3°
Max altitude: 20.3°
Azimuth: 251.7°