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ξ2 Canis Majoris (xi2 Canis Majoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:40 | Tran: 15:30 | Set: 19:20
Alt: -17.14°   Az: 254.41°   Direction: West-South-West

ξ2 Canis Majoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

ξ2 Canis Majoris visual magnitude is 4.54. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ2 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 ξ2 Canis Majoris (xi2 Canis Majoris) star
DSS2 image of ξ2 Canis Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ2 Canis Majoris during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 36m 07s
-22° 59’ 11”
05h 55m 40s
12h 31m 48s

J2000

06h 35m 03s
-22° 57’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

231.99°
-13.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ2 Canis Majoris (xi2 Canis Majoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.54
Hypergiant

-0.97
A0V
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ξ2 Canis Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ξ2 Canis Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ2 Canis Majoris is distant 411.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

126.26
411.62
26 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ2 Canis Majoris
(xi2 Canis Majoris)
5 Canis Majoris
SAO171982
SAO171982

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ξ2 Canis Majoris (xi2 Canis Majoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.0°
Max altitude: 15.5°
Azimuth: 247.0°