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Mu

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Mu Canis Majoris is a double system whose primary is an orange giant that can be split from its companion with a small telescope. About 1,245 light-years away, it sits to the southwest of the midpoint between Gamma and Theta in the Great Dog, on the border where the richest part of the winter sky begins to fade into the deeper stellar wilderness.

Constellation
Canis Major
Apparent magnitude
5.00
Distance
1245.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 104.028° · Dec -14.043°
Catalogue
HIP 33345 · HD 51250

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