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Canis Major

140 stars in Canis Major can be seen by eye from a dark place. 9 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

141 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. SiriusOne of the brightest in the sky, 8.6 light years
  2. AdharaOne of the brightest in the sky, 410 light years
  3. WezenEasy to see, 1,600 light years
  4. MirzamEasy to see, 490 light years
  5. AludraEasy to see, 2,000 light years
  6. Omicron-2 Canis MajorisEasy to see, 2,800 light years
  7. FurudEasy to see, 360 light years
  8. NganurganityEasy to see, 1,100 light years
  9. Kappa Canis MajorisEasy to see, 660 light years
  10. Nu-2 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 64 light years
  11. Omega Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 910 light years
  12. Theta Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 260 light years
  13. MulipheinSeen away from bright lights, 440 light years
  14. Xi-1 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 1,400 light years
  15. Iota Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 2,500 light years
  16. Tau Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 3,000 light years
  17. 27 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 1,700 light years
  18. Nu-3 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 420 light years
  19. Lambda Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 420 light years
  20. Xi-2 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 440 light years
  21. HIP 35205Seen away from bright lights, 410 light years
  22. Pi Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 96 light years
  23. 15 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 1,200 light years
  24. HIP 31827Seen away from bright lights, 990 light years
  25. HIP 35210Seen away from bright lights, 1,400 light years
  26. 29 Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 1,900 light years
  27. HIP 35727Seen away from bright lights, 480 light years
  28. HIP 29735Seen away from bright lights, 410 light years
  29. Mu Canis MajorisSeen away from bright lights, 1,200 light years
  30. HIP 29895Just seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  31. HIP 31084Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  32. HIP 35951Just seen from a dark place, 940 light years
  33. HIP 30457Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  34. HIP 31688Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  35. 11 Canis MajorisJust seen from a dark place, 800 light years
  36. HIP 35427Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  37. HIP 32411Just seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  38. HIP 35957Just seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  39. HIP 35083Just seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  40. HIP 35848Just seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  41. HIP 32677Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  42. HIP 35795Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  43. HIP 34301Just seen from a dark place, 3,000 light years
  44. HIP 35855Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  45. HIP 33478Just seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  46. HIP 34624Just seen from a dark place, 710 light years
  47. HIP 35180Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  48. HIP 30214Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  49. HIP 29941Just seen from a dark place, 800 light years
  50. HIP 35044Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  51. HIP 33575Just seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  52. HIP 35615Just seen from a dark place, 600 light years
  53. HIP 36186Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  54. HIP 30436Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  55. HIP 31362Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  56. HIP 32385Just seen from a dark place, 1,900 light years
  57. HIP 33804Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  58. HIP 36168Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  59. HIP 33077Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  60. HIP 34579Just seen from a dark place, 1,800 light years
  61. HIP 31870Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  62. HIP 35487Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  63. Nu-1 Canis MajorisJust seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  64. HIP 31190Just seen from a dark place, 1,800 light years
  65. HIP 30840Just seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  66. HIP 32810Just seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  67. HIP 30836Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  68. HIP 32809Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  69. HIP 34888Just seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  70. HIP 35998Just seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  71. HIP 36251Just seen from a dark place, 1,600 light years
  72. HIP 36024Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  73. HIP 30011Just seen from a dark place, 1,800 light years
  74. 17 Canis MajorisJust seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  75. HIP 34758Just seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  76. HIP 35626Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  77. HIP 29679Just seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  78. 26 Canis MajorisJust seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  79. HIP 31037Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  80. HIP 32366Just seen from a dark place, 80 light years
  81. HIP 31599Just seen from a dark place, 690 light years
  82. HIP 29771Just seen from a dark place, 780 light years
  83. HIP 34914Just seen from a dark place, 800 light years
  84. HIP 29692Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  85. HIP 35611Just seen from a dark place, 2,500 light years
  86. HIP 34561Just seen from a dark place, 2,200 light years
  87. HIP 31758Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  88. HIP 35213Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  89. HIP 32368Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  90. HIP 29993Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  91. HIP 31859Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  92. HIP 33094Just seen from a dark place, 84 light years
  93. HIP 30711Just seen from a dark place, 97 light years
  94. HIP 29843Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  95. 12 Canis MajorisJust seen from a dark place, 790 light years
  96. HIP 34318Just seen from a dark place, 920 light years
  97. HIP 34142Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  98. HIP 34782Just seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  99. HIP 31674Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  100. HIP 30468Just seen from a dark place, 940 light years
  101. HIP 33079Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  102. HIP 31024Just seen from a dark place, 1,600 light years
  103. HIP 35920Just seen from a dark place, 580 light years
  104. HIP 33492Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  105. HIP 33126Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  106. HIP 34617Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  107. HIP 35975Just seen from a dark place, 2,300 light years
  108. HIP 32144Just seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  109. HIP 33666Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  110. HIP 30420Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  111. HIP 33760Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  112. HIP 30062Just seen from a dark place, 920 light years
  113. HIP 31205Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  114. HIP 35241Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  115. HIP 30376Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  116. HIP 31086Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  117. HIP 32744Just seen from a dark place, 800 light years
  118. HIP 30190Just seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  119. HIP 36045Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  120. HIP 34954Just seen from a dark place, 1,700 light years
  121. HIP 33703Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  122. HIP 31469Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  123. HIP 32827Just seen from a dark place, 1,600 light years
  124. HIP 30669Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  125. HIP 33040Just seen from a dark place, 910 light years
  126. HIP 35132Just seen from a dark place, 830 light years
  127. HIP 34940Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  128. HIP 34248Just seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  129. HIP 31593Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  130. HIP 33330Just seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  131. HIP 33532Just seen from a dark place, 2,800 light years
  132. HIP 30503Just seen from a dark place, 71 light years
  133. HIP 29568Just seen from a dark place, 55 light years
  134. HIP 31266Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  135. HIP 33591Just seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  136. HIP 32322Just seen from a dark place, 89 light years
  137. HIP 30988Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  138. HIP 35326Just seen from a dark place, 970 light years
  139. HIP 31736Just seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  140. HIP 30141Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  141. AmadiohaNeeds a telescope, 180 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.