List of stars in Canis Minor

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canis Minor, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name

B

F

Var

HD

HIP

RA

Dec

Dist. (ly)

Notes

α

10

61421

37279

07^h 39^m 18.54^s

+05° 13′ 39.0″

0.34

2.65

11

F5IV-V

Antecanis, Al Shira, Elgomaisa; 7th brightest star, 13th nearest star system; binary; suspected variable, V_max = 0.34^m, V_min = 0.41^m

β CMi

β

3

58715

36188

07^h 27^m 09.07^s

+08° 17′ 21.9″

2.89

−0.70

170

B8Vvar

Gomeisa; γ Cas variable, V_max = 2.84^m, V_min = 2.92^m

γ CMi

γ

4

58972

36284

07^h 28^m 09.83^s

+08° 55′ 31.8″

4.33

−1.10

318

K3III SB

semiregular variable, V_max = 4.30^m, V_min = 4.34^m, P = 55 d

HD 66141

(λ)^[1]

(13)^[2]

66141

39311

08^h 02^m 15.95^s

+02° 20′ 03.5″

4.39

−0.13

261

K2III

suspected variable; has a planet (b)

6 CMi

6

59294

36425

07^h 29^m 47.78^s

+12° 00′ 23.8″

4.55

−1.63

560

K2III

suspected variable, V_max = 4.48^m, V_min = 4.55^m

ε CMi

ε

2

58367

36041

07^h 25^m 38.90^s

+09° 16′ 34.0″

4.99

−2.42

988

G8III

ζ CMi

ζ

13

63975

38373

07^h 51^m 42.00^s

+01° 46′ 00.8″

5.12

−0.43

420

B8II

η CMi

η

5

58923

36265

07^h 28^m 02.08^s

+06° 56′ 31.5″

5.22

0.06

351

F0III

δ¹ CMi

δ¹

7

59881

36641

07^h 32^m 05.95^s

+01° 54′ 52.1″

5.24

−1.67

787

F0III

11 CMi

11

62832

37921

07^h 46^m 16.22^s

+10° 46′ 05.9″

5.25

0.34

312

A1Vnn

14 CMi

14

65345

38962

07^h 58^m 20.75^s

+02° 13′ 28.3″

5.30

0.75

264

K0III

HD 55751

55751

34987

07^h 14^m 20.07^s

+03° 06′ 41.1″

5.36

−1.45

749

K0III

1 CMi

1

58187

35987

07^h 24^m 58.19^s

+11° 40′ 10.4″

5.37

0.43

317

A5IV

δ² CMi

δ²

8

60111

36723

07^h 33^m 11.68^s

+03° 17′ 25.0″

5.59

2.44

139

F2V

HD 65900

65900

39213

08^h 01^m 13.91^s

+04° 52′ 47.2″

5.65

0.52

346

A1V

HD 55730

55730

35005

07^h 14^m 32.65^s

+12° 06′ 57.1″

5.71

0.68

331

G6III

HD 54079

54079

34387

07^h 07^m 49.48^s

+07° 28′ 16.7″

5.74

−0.47

568

K0III:

HD 56031

56031

35120

07^h 15^m 39.42^s

+07° 58′ 39.9″

5.78

−0.56

604

M4III

semiregular variable, ΔV = 0.08^m

δ³ CMi

δ³

9

60357

36812

07^h 34^m 15.89^s

+03° 22′ 18.3″

5.83

−0.75

676

A0Vnn

HD 64685

64685

38712

07^h 55^m 31.44^s

+08° 51′ 47.0″

5.86

2.95

124

F2IV

HD 60803

60803

37031

07^h 36^m 34.77^s

+05° 51′ 43.6″

5.89

2.69

142

G0V

binary

HD 56989

56989

35476

07^h 19^m 22.37^s

+02° 44′ 26.6″

5.90

−0.11

520

G9III

HD 57006

57006

35509

07^h 19^m 47.61^s

+07° 08′ 35.1″

5.91

2.04

193

F8IV

HD 61887

61887

37478

07^h 41^m 35.16^s

+03° 37′ 29.4″

5.95

0.00

504

A0V

HD 57608

57608

35712

07^h 22^m 03.48^s

+00° 10′ 37.7″

5.99

−5.08

5344

B8III

HD 61563

61563

^[3]

07^h 40^m 06.99^s

+05° 13′ 52.2″

6.07

-0.26

670

A0IV+A0IV

binary

HD 65066

65066

38868

07^h 57^m 15.88^s

+08° 38′ 28.6″

6.03

1.25

294

K0III

HD 55111

55111

34768

07^h 11^m 51.39^s

+05° 39′ 17.0″

6.07

−0.83

782

A1V

HD 55184

55184

34789

07^h 12^m 07.50^s

+05° 28′ 27.7″

6.15

−0.67

753

K0III

HD 64938

64938

38794

07^h 56^m 23.91^s

+04° 29′ 08.1″

6.16

−0.91

845

G8III

HD 62264

62264

37614

07^h 43^m 05.42^s

+00° 11′ 21.7″

6.17

0.46

453

K0III

HD 63799

63799

38300

07^h 50^m 47.36^s

+03° 16′ 38.4″

6.17

0.81

384

K1III

HD 66011

66011

39271

08^h 01^m 50.73^s

+08° 54′ 50.2″

6.22

2.34

194

G0IV

HD 60275

60275

36796

07^h 34^m 04.98^s

+10° 34′ 05.2″

6.28

0.73

420

A1V

BC CMi

BC

64052

38406

07^h 52^m 07.16^s

+03° 16′ 39.1″

6.30

0.75

420

M5

semiregular variable, V_max = 6.14^m, V_min = 6.42^m, P = 35 d

HD 65123

65123

38870

07^h 57^m 16.39^s

+01° 07′ 37.3″

6.35

2.51

191

F6V

HD 58552

58552

36123

07^h 26^m 27.81^s

+10° 36′ 29.0″

6.38

1.45

316

A2IV

HD 59603

59603

36553

07^h 31^m 08.79^s

+11° 12′ 10.8″

6.38

−0.32

712

K0

HD 63838

63838

38306

07^h 50^m 53.42^s

+00° 04′ 46.4″

6.38

0.86

414

K2III

HD 58599

58599

36141

07^h 26^m 41.22^s

+11° 00′ 31.9″

6.39

−1.55

1264

B7II-III

HD 62407

62407

37723

07^h 44^m 14.07^s

+12° 51′ 36.4″

6.40

−0.75

876

K0

HD 63475

63475

38196

07^h 49^m 32.32^s

+12° 48′ 51.5″

6.42

0.44

511

K0

BU CMi

BU

65241

38945

07^h 58^m 05.90^s

+07° 12′ 48.8″

6.42

−0.64

842

A0V

Algol variable

HD 57707

57707

35751

07^h 22^m 28.30^s

+00° 42′ 03.4″

6.43

2.24

225

G5

AZ CMi

AZ

62437

37705

07^h 44^m 07.64^s

+02° 24′ 19.6″

6.46

0.84

433

A5IV

δ Sct variable, V_max = 6.44^m, V_min = 6.51^m, P = 0.09526 d

HD 63798

63798

38303

07^h 50^m 51.11^s

+04° 27′ 33.8″

6.49

1.12

387

G5

HD 62286

62286

37634

07^h 43^m 21.21^s

+04° 56′ 44.9″

6.50

0.03

643

K0

S CMi

S

59950

36675

07^h 32^m 43.07^s

+08° 19′ 05.2″

6.60

2450

M7-8e

Mira variable, V_max = 6.6^m, V_min = 13.2^m, P = 332.94 d

AI CMi

AI

07^h 35^m 41.15^s

+00° 14′ 58.0″

8.31

G5Iab

slow irregular variable, V_max = 7.77^m, V_min = 9.53^m

HD 56126

CY

56126

07^h 16^m 10.6^s

+09° 59′ 48.0″

8.32

F5Iab

post-AGB star, ΔV = 0.18^m, P = 39 d

YY CMi

YY

67110

08^h 06^m 38.56^s

+01° 55′ 46.5″

8.70

F7V

β Lyr variable, V_max = 8.33^m, V_min = 9.13^m, P = 1.0940197 d

AD CMi

AD

64191

38473

07^h 52^m 47.18^s

+01° 35′ 50.5″

9.38

528

F2:III

δ Sct variable, V_max = 9.21^m, V_min = 9.51^m, P = 0.12297443 d

Luyten's star

36208

07^h 27^m 24.91^s

+05° 13′ 32.8″

9.87

11.94

12.37

M3.5V

XZ CMi

XZ

07^h 54^m 07.06^s

+03° 39′ 20.4″

10.25

F0

Algol variable, V_max = 9.7^m, V_min = 10.42^m, P = 0.5780095 d

AK CMi

AK

07^h 40^m 15.60^s

+03° 57′ 09.5″

10.73

A-F

Algol variable

YZ CMi

YZ

07^h 44^m 40.17^s

+03° 33′ 08.8″

11.23

19.419

M4.5V

BY Dra and UV Cet variable

HAT-P-50

07^h 52^m 15.0^s

+12° 08′ 22″

11.76

1947

has a transiting planet (b)

BG CMi

BG

07^h 31^m 29.01^s

+09° 56′ 23.1″

14.5

DQ Her variable, V_max = 13.9^m, V_min = 15.6^m, P = 0.13475 d

Table legend:

• Name = Proper name
• B = Bayer designation
• F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
• Var = Variable star designation
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
• HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
• RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
• Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

• vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth
• Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
• Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

^ Bode's λ of both Argo and Canis Minor.
^ Flamsteed's 13th of Navis (13 Nav).
^ No Hipparcos designation.

[1] Bode's λ of both Argo and Canis Minor.

[2] Flamsteed's 13th of Navis (13 Nav).

[3] No Hipparcos designation.

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