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Canis Minor

47 stars in Canis Minor can be seen by eye from a dark place. 3 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

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

  1. ProcyonOne of the brightest in the sky, 11 light years
  2. GomeisaEasy to see, 160 light years
  3. Gamma Canis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 320 light years
  4. HIP 39311Seen away from bright lights, 250 light years
  5. 6 Canis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 570 light years
  6. Epsilon Canis MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 1,000 light years
  7. Zeta Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  8. Eta Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  9. Delta-1 Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  10. 11 Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  11. 14 Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  12. HIP 34987Just seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  13. 1 Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  14. Delta-2 Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  15. HIP 39213Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  16. HIP 35005Just seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  17. HIP 34387Just seen from a dark place, 600 light years
  18. HIP 35120Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  19. Delta-3 Canis MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 580 light years
  20. HIP 38712Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  21. HIP 37031Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  22. HIP 35476Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  23. HIP 35509Just seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  24. HIP 37478Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  25. HIP 35712Just seen from a dark place, 1,600 light years
  26. HD 61563Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  27. HIP 38868Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  28. HIP 34768Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  29. HIP 34789Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  30. HIP 38794Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  31. HIP 38300Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  32. HIP 37614Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  33. HIP 39271Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  34. HIP 36796Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  35. HIP 38406Just seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  36. HIP 38870Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  37. HIP 36553Just seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  38. HIP 36123Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  39. HIP 38306Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  40. HIP 36141Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  41. HIP 37723Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  42. HIP 38196Just seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  43. HIP 38945Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  44. HIP 35751Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  45. HIP 37705Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  46. HIP 38303Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  47. HIP 37634Just seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  48. Luyten's StarNeeds a telescope, 12 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.