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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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ζ Canis Minoris (zeta Canis Minoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:25 | Tran: 22:31 | Set: 4:42
Alt: 9.12°   Az: 98.82°   Direction: East

ζ Canis Minoris is a bright giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

ζ Canis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, ζ Canis Minoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ζ Canis Minoris (zeta Canis Minoris) star
DSS2 image of ζ Canis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Canis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 53m 00s
+01° 42’ 04”
18h 50m 11s
02h 43m 11s

J2000

07h 51m 42s
+01° 46’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

218.32°
14.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Canis Minoris (zeta Canis Minoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Bright giant

-0.41
B8II
11920K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Canis Minoris is distant 420.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

128.87
420.10
32 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Canis Minoris
(zeta Canis Minoris)
13 Canis Minoris
SAO116043
SAO116043

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 88.3°
Max altitude: 40.2°
Azimuth: 271.7°