Star profile

Nganurganity

Sigma Canis Majoris · Canis Major

Variable star

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Nganurganity

Nganurganity took its name from the Boorong Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia, where it represented the Bram-bram-bult brothers, local heroes of their cosmology, long before it entered European catalogues under a modern label. It is a variable orange giant, far from here: 1,121 light-years, set in the rich star field of Canis Major. The light arriving tonight set out around the ninth century, when Europe's first Romanesque cathedrals were just beginning to rise from the ground.

Where it is and when to see it

Nganurganity lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 21° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 62° N.

It ranks no. 8 in brightness among the 90 stars of Canis Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Sirius, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 1,100 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Nganurganity

Constellation: Canis Major
Apparent magnitude: 3.49
Distance: 1121.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 105.430° · Dec -27.935°
Catalogue: HIP 33856 · HD 52877

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Other stars in Canis Major

Canis Major has 90 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 90 stars in Canis Major