Canis Major

1780 OBJECTS
SIRIUSADHARAWEZENMIRZAMALUDRAFURUD24 Ο² CMA
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Canis Major · 28° of sky top to bottom · stars to magnitude 6.5 · figure by the IAU and Sky & Telescope

Canis Major holds 1780 catalogued objects: 1386 stars, 341 galaxies, 33 exoplanets, 14 star clusters, 4 nebulae, 2 unclassified.

STARS · 1386GALAXIES · 341EXOPLANETS · 33STAR CLUSTERS · 14NEBULAE · 4UNCLASSIFIED · 2
[

THE FAMOUS ONES

] 1 ENTRIES
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Sirius★
A0mA1Va white main-sequence star
—
8.601 ly
−1.44 V
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[

BRIGHTEST OBJECTS

] 12 SHOWN
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Sirius★
A0mA1Va white main-sequence star
—
8.601 ly
−1.44 V
Canis Major
Adhara
B1.5II blue-white bright giant
—
405.2 ly
1.50 V
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Wezen
F8Ia yellow-white supergiant
—
1607 ly
1.83 V
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Mirzam
B1II-III blue-white bright giant
—
492.7 ly
1.98 V
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Aludra
B5Ia blue-white supergiant
—
1989 ly
2.45 V
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Furud
B2.5V blue-white main-sequence star
—
362.4 ly
3.02 V
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24 ο² CMa
B3Ia blue-white supergiant
—
2764 ly
3.02 V
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Nganurganity
K5Ib orange supergiant
—
1121 ly
3.49 V
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13 κ CMa
B1.5Ve blue-white main-sequence star
—
658.9 ly
3.50 V
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16 ο¹ CMa
K2Iab orange supergiant
—
—
3.89 V
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7 ν² CMa
K1.5III-IVFe1 orange giant
—
64.42 ly
3.95 V
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28 ω CMa
B2.5Ve blue-white main-sequence star
—
911.1 ly
4.01 V
Canis Major