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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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ω Canis Majoris (omega Canis Majoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:12 | Tran: 16:33 | Set: 19:54
Alt: -5.01°   Az: 128.11°   Direction: South-East

ω Canis Majoris is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

ω Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 3.85. Because of its moderate brightness, ω 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 ω Canis Majoris (omega Canis Majoris) star
DSS2 image of ω Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ω Canis Majoris during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 15m 50s
-26° 49’ 06”
19h 54m 15s
03h 10m 05s

J2000

07h 14m 48s
-26° 46’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

239.41°
-7.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω Canis Majoris (omega Canis Majoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.85
Sub-giant

-3.41
B2IV
12902K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω Canis Majoris is distant 923.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

283.29
923.51
26 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

ω Canis Majoris
(omega Canis Majoris)
28 Canis Majoris
SAO173282
SAO173282

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 116.8°
Max altitude: 11.7°
Azimuth: 243.2°