Constellation
The constellation Canis Minor
CMi
Canis Minor gathers 25 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Procyon, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around January.
Canis Minor in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 25
- Brightest star
- Procyon
- Region of the sky
- Around the celestial equator
- Highest around
- January
- With a proper name
- 2
- Nearest star
- Procyon
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 0.40
Declination from 0° to 12°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
12 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Canis Minor
The 25 stars of Canis Minor catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- ProcyonAlpha Canis Minoris0.40
- GomeisaBeta Canis Minoris2.89
- Gamma Canis Minoris4.33
- HIP 393114.39
- 6 Canis Minoris4.55
- Epsilon Canis Minoris4.99
- Zeta Canis Minoris5.12
- Eta Canis Minoris5.22
- Delta 1 Canis Minoris5.24
- 11 Canis Minoris5.25
- 14 Canis Minoris5.30
- HIP 349875.36
- 1 Canis Minoris5.37
- Delta 2 Canis Minoris5.59
- HIP 392135.65
- HIP 350055.71
- HIP 343875.74
- HIP 351205.78
- Delta 3 Canis Minoris5.83
- HIP 387125.86
- HIP 370315.89
- HIP 354765.90
- HIP 355095.91
- HIP 374785.95
- HIP 357125.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.