Nganurganity

Also known as σ CMa · HR 2646

Nganurganity is a red supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, about 1,300 light-years from Earth.

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Nganurganity: a sky-survey photograph of its field — Sky survey view (DSS2 colour, or a backup survey)

Facts

Type	Red supergiant star (spectral type K5Ib)
Constellation	Canis Major
Position (J2000)	7h 01m 43s, −27° 56′
Distance	1,300 light-years (its light set off about 1,300 years ago)
Brightness	magnitude 3.47 (smaller is brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6)
Studied in	186 scientific papers (SIMBAD)

When and how to see it

Nganurganity is highest in the sky at midnight in January. From India (about 20° N) it climbs to about 42° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 12°. To see it you need the naked eye, even from a town.

Heights are worked out for India and for 50° N. Set your location in Settings to see them for where you are.

For tonight's best time from your own town, the darkness and the Moon, open it on the map and see its "Tonight from your location" card.

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Data: SIMBAD (CDS, Strasbourg; the site's weekly copy) · Data sources & credits