List of stars in Canis Minor - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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s in the constellation

Constellation

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Canis Minor
Canis Minor
Canis Minor is a small constellation. It was included in the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and is still included among the 88 modern constellations...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	F Flamsteed designation Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
Procyon Procyon Procyon is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor. To the naked eye, it appears to be a single star, the seventh brightest in the night sky with a visual apparent magnitude of 0.34...	α	10	61421	37279	0.34	2.65	11	F5IV-V	Antecanis, Al Shira, Elgomaisa; 7th brightest star, 13th nearest star system; binary Binary star A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...
β CMi Beta Canis Minoris Beta Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation of Canis Minor. It has the traditional name Gomeisa.Beta Canis Minoris is a hot, B8-class main sequence star of apparent magnitude 2.9, easily visible to the naked eye. It is slightly variable, and belongs to the Gamma Cassiopeiae category of...	β	3	58715	36188	2.89	−0.70	170	B8Vvar	Gomeisa; γ Cas variable
γ CMi Gamma Canis Minoris Gamma Canis Minoris is a binary star in the constellation Canis Minor. It is approximately 398 light years from Earth....	γ	4	58972	36284	4.33	−1.10	398	K3III SB
G CMi G Canis Minoris G Canis Minoris is a binary star in the constellation Canis Minor. It is approximately 261 light years from Earth.G Canis Minoris is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.39....	G		66141	39311	4.39	−0.13	261	K2III	Also 50 G. CMi
6 CMi 6 Canis Minoris 6 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.6 Canis Minoris is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.55. It is approximately 560 light years from Earth....		6	59294	36425	4.55	−1.63	560	K2III
ε CMi Epsilon Canis Minoris Epsilon Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.ε Canis Minoris is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.99. It is approximately 990 light years from Earth....	ε	2	58367	36041	4.99	−2.42	988	G8III
ζ CMi Zeta Canis Minoris Zeta Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.ζ Canis Minoris is a blue-white B-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.12. It is approximately 420 light years from Earth.- References :*...	ζ	13	63975	38373	5.12	−0.43	420	B8II
η CMi Eta Canis Minoris Eta Canis Minoris is a binary star in the constellation Canis Minor. It is approximately 351 light years from Earth....	η	5	58923	36265	5.22	0.06	351	F0III
δ¹ CMi Delta1 Canis Minoris Delta1 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.δ1 Canis Minoris is a yellow-white F-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.24. It is approximately 790 light years from Earth....	δ¹	7	59881	36641	5.24	−1.67	787	F0III
11 CMi 11 Canis Minoris 11 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.11 Canis Minoris is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.25. It is approximately 312 light years from Earth....		11	62832	37921	5.25	0.34	312	A1Vnn
14 CMi 14 Canis Minoris 14 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor. It is approximately 265 light years from Earth.14 Canis Minoris is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.30....		14	65345	38962	5.30	0.75	264	K0III
6 G. CMi			55751	34987	5.36	−1.45	749	K0III
1 CMi 1 Canis Minoris 1 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.1 Canis Minoris is a white A-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.37. It is approximately 317 light years from Earth....		1	58187	35987	5.37	0.43	317	A5IV
δ² CMi Delta2 Canis Minoris Delta2 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor.δ2 Canis Minoris is a yellow-white F-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.59. It is approximately 139 light years from Earth....	δ²	8	60111	36723	5.59	2.44	139	F2V
48 G. CMi			65900	39213	5.65	0.52	346	A1V
			55730	35005	5.71	0.68	331	G6III
2 G. CMi			54079	34387	5.74	−0.47	568	K0III:
7 G. CMi			56031	35120	5.78	−0.56	604	M4III
δ³ CMi Delta3 Canis Minoris Delta3 Canis Minoris is a star in the constellation Canis Minor. It is approximately 680 light years from Earth.δ3 Canis Minoris is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.83....	δ³	9	60357	36812	5.83	−0.75	676	A0Vnn
40 G. CMi			64685	38712	5.86	2.95	124	F2IV
25 G. CMi			60803	37031	5.89	2.69	142	G0V
11 G. CMi			56989	35476	5.90	−0.11	520	G9III
12 G. CMi			57006	35509	5.91	2.04	193	F8V
29 G. CMi			61887	37478	5.95	0.00	504	A0V
15 G. CMi			57608	35712	5.99	−5.08	5344	B8III
42 G. CMi			65066	38868	6.03	1.25	294	K0III
4 G. CMi			55111	34768	6.07	−0.83	782	A1V
5 G. CMi			55184	34789	6.15	−0.67	753	K0III
41 G. CMi			64938	38794	6.16	−0.91	845	G8III
30 G. CMi			62264	37614	6.17	0.46	453	K0III
35 G. CMi			63799	38300	6.17	0.81	384	K1III
49 G. CMi			66011	39271	6.22	2.34	194	G0IV
			60275	36796	6.28	0.73	420	A1V
BC CMi (39 G. CMi)			64052	38406	6.30	0.75	420	M5
43 G. CMi			65123	38870	6.35	2.51	191	F6V
			58552	36123	6.38	1.45	316	A2IV
			59603	36553	6.38	−0.32	712	K0
37 G. CMi			63838	38306	6.38	0.86	414	K2III
			58599	36141	6.39	−1.55	1264	B7II-III
			62407	37723	6.40	−0.75	876	K0
			63475	38196	6.42	0.44	511	K0
BU CMi (44 G. CMi)			65241	38945	6.42	−0.64	842	A0V
16 G. CMi			57707	35751	6.43	2.24	225	G5
AZ CMi (32 G. CMi)			62437	37705	6.46	0.84	433	F0III	δ Sct variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the...
36 G. CMi			63798	38303	6.49	1.12	387	G5
31 G. CMi			62286	37634	6.50	0.03	643	K0
Luyten's star Luyten's Star Luyten's Star is a red dwarf star in the constellation Canis Minor. It is located at a distance of around 12.36 light-years and has a visual magnitude of 9.9, making it too faint to be viewed with the unaided eye. It is named after Willem Jacob Luyten, who first determined its proper motion.This...				36208	9.87	11.94	12	M3.5V

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