Canis Minor CMi
Canis Minor is one of the 88 constellations, covering 183 square degrees of the sky (71st largest). It is highest at midnight in January and best in the evening sky in February and March.
4 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | CMi |
|---|---|
| Size | 183 square degrees (71st largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 7h 37m, +6° |
| Highest at midnight | January (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: February and March) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 76° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 46°. |
| Pages here | 4 objects |
Planetary systems
1Stars
3Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 2470 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.7 | 2′ |
| NGC 2485 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 2538 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.8 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 2508 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14 | 2′ |
| NGC 2350 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 2504 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.2 | 0.6′ |
| NGC 2416 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.3 | 0.9′ |
| IC 494 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.3 | 1.3′ |
| NGC 2510 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.5 | 1′ |
| IC 498 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.6 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 2496 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.7 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2511 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.9 | 1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits