Star profile
Delta 2 Canis Minoris
What is Delta 2 Canis Minoris
Delta-2 Canis Minoris is a yellow-white F-type star about 136 light-years away, within the lesser dog —companion to Orion and his greater hound. The figure is small but strategic: it holds Procyon, one of the nearest and brightest stars. Delta-2 shines beside it with a slightly warmer tone, a quiet attendant to a first-magnitude star.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta 2 Canis Minoris lies in the northern 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 42° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 53° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 53° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 87° S.
It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 25 stars of Canis Minor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Procyon, the brightest: it lies about 2° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 140 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Delta 2 Canis Minoris
- Constellation
- Canis Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.59
- Distance
- 136.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 113.299° · Dec 3.290°
- Catalogue
- HIP 36723 · HD 60111
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Other stars in Canis Minor
Canis Minor has 25 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ProcyonAlpha Canis Minoris0.40
- GomeisaBeta Canis Minoris2.89
- Gamma Canis Minoris4.33
- 14 Canis Minoris5.30
- HIP 349875.36
- 1 Canis Minoris5.37
- HIP 392135.65
- HIP 350055.71