Constellation
Canis Major
Canis Major (CMa) is one of the 88 constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union. Its brightest star is Sirius (magnitude −1.44).
| Latin name | Canis Major |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CMa |
| Brightest star | Sirius |
| Stars in this encyclopedia | 186 |
| Stars with exoplanets | 26 |
| Deep-sky objects | 122 |
| Galaxies | 15 |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 67° N. South of latitude 67° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Its brightest stars
- Sirius −1.44 · 8.60 light-years
- Adhara 1.50 · 405.2 light-years
- Wezen 1.83 · 1,607 light-years
- Mirzam 1.98 · 492.7 light-years
- Aludra 2.45 · 1,989 light-years
- Furud 3.02 · 343.6 light-years
- ο² CMa 3.02 · 3,743 light-years
- Nganurganity 3.49 · 1,300 light-years
- κ CMa 3.50 · 675.3 light-years
- 7 CMa 3.95 · 66.8 light-years
- ω CMa 4.01 · 915.9 light-years
- θ CMa 4.08 · 270.3 light-years
- Muliphein 4.11 · 430.2 light-years
- ξ¹ CMa 4.34 · 1,506 light-years
- ι CMa 4.36 · 3,450 light-years
- τ CMa 4.37 · 5,658 light-years
- ν³ CMa 4.42 · 480.5 light-years
- 27 CMa 4.42 · 1,437 light-years
- λ CMa 4.47 · 440.3 light-years
- ξ² CMa 4.54 · 406.0 light-years
- π CMa 4.66 · 97.1 light-years
- HIP 35205 4.66 · 427.9 light-years
- HIP 31827 4.82 · 1,049 light-years
- 15 CMa 4.82 · 1,216 light-years
- HIP 35210 4.83 · 2,683 light-years
Its stars with exoplanets
- 7 CMa 2 planet(s)
- HD 47536 1 planet(s)
- HD 47366 2 planet(s)
- HD 45184 2 planet(s)
- HD 47186 2 planet(s)
- HD 45364 2 planet(s)
- Amadioha 2 planet(s)
- TOI-880 2 planet(s)
- NGTS-38 1 planet(s)
- GJ 2056 1 planet(s)
- WASP-101 1 planet(s)
- TOI-470 1 planet(s)
- TOI-4791 1 planet(s)
- TOI-4214 1 planet(s)
- HATS-70 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2876 1 planet(s)
- HATS-51 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2803 A 1 planet(s)
- TOI-4794 1 planet(s)
- HATS-41 1 planet(s)
- WASP-64 1 planet(s)
- TOI-2768 1 planet(s)
- HATS-45 1 planet(s)
- HATS-40 1 planet(s)
- HATS-4 1 planet(s)
- TOI-6716 1 planet(s)
Deep-sky objects
- PSR B0628-28 (J0630-2834) Pulsar
- PSR J0721-2038 Pulsar
- FSR 1303 Star cluster
- Collinder 140 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 14 Star cluster
- NGC 2243 Star cluster
- Collinder 132 Star cluster
- ESO 426-26 Star cluster
- ESO 427-32 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 2 Star cluster
- Haffner 7 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 3 Star cluster
- ESO 425-15 Star cluster
- FSR 1306 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 20 Star cluster
- FSR 1285 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 150 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 12 Star cluster
- DBSB 12 Star cluster
- vdBergh 83 Star cluster
- FSR 1279 Star cluster
- ASCC 32 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 18 Star cluster
- FSR 1289 Star cluster
- FSR 1297 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 13 Star cluster
- NGC 2354 Star cluster
- FSR 1293 Star cluster
- FSR 1281 Star cluster
- ASCC 33 Star cluster
- NGC 2362 Star cluster
- Ivanov 6 Star cluster
- FSR 1284 Star cluster
- ASCC 37 Star cluster
- Trumpler 6 Star cluster
- NGC 2352 Star cluster
- Berkeley 75 Star cluster
- FSR 1283 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 149 Star cluster
- FSR 1235 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 17 Star cluster
- Haffner 5 Star cluster
- Bica 4 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 9 Star cluster
- NGC 2367 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 19 Star cluster
- FSR 1270 Star cluster
- ASCC 36 Star cluster
- NGC 2384 Star cluster
- NGC 2383 Star cluster
- Tombaugh 2 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 11 Star cluster
- NGC 2287 Star cluster
- Tombaugh 1 Star cluster
- FSR 1258 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 10 Star cluster
- FSR 1197 Star cluster
- Auner 1 Star cluster
- FSR 1255 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 15 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 16 Star cluster
- FSR 1252 Star cluster
- NGC 2204 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 5 Star cluster
- DBSB 3 Star cluster
- FSR 1253 Star cluster
- Teutsch 49 Star cluster
- FSR 1210 Star cluster
- Haffner 9 Star cluster
- Haffner 23 Star cluster
- Berkeley 25 Star cluster
- FSR 1223 Star cluster
- FSR 1228 Star cluster
- NGC 2360 Star cluster
- FSR 1219 Star cluster
- Waterloo 7 Star cluster
- Haffner 4 Star cluster
- FSR 1187 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 1 Star cluster
- FSR 1212 Star cluster
- Basel 11A Star cluster
- FSR 1209 Star cluster
- NGC 2318 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 8 Star cluster
- DC 4 Star cluster
- FSR 1207 Star cluster
- Ruprecht 6 Star cluster
- NGC 2374 Star cluster
- FSR 1191 Star cluster
- Berkeley 33 Star cluster
- NGC 2345 Star cluster
- Berkeley 36 Star cluster
- Haffner 6 Star cluster
- FSR 1195 Star cluster
- FSR 1204 Star cluster
- FSR 1202 Star cluster
- FSR 1199 Star cluster
- FSR 1200 Star cluster
- BDSB 96 Star cluster
- Haffner 8 Star cluster
- FSR 1194 Star cluster
- FSR 1185 Star cluster
- SAI 69 Star cluster
- Berkeley 76 Star cluster
- FSR 1192 Star cluster
- vdBergh 92 Star cluster
- FSR 1184 Star cluster
- K 1-10 Planetary nebula
- M 3- 1 Planetary nebula
- M 3- 2 Planetary nebula
- A 15 Planetary nebula
- K 2- 3 Planetary nebula
- M 1-12 Planetary nebula
- M 1-11 Planetary nebula
- M 1-13 Planetary nebula
- IC 2165 Planetary nebula
- Sh2-293 Nebula
- Sh2-295 Nebula
- Sh2-296 Nebula
- Sh2-297 Nebula
- Sh2-298 Nebula
- Sh2-301 Nebula
Galaxies
- ESO 489-056 16.3 million light-years
- ESO 490-017 13.8 million light-years
- HIZSS008 24.2 million light-years
- ESO 558-011 27.4 million light-years
- HIPASS J0705-20 23.6 million light-years
- NGC 2283 32.6 million light-years
- KKSG9 32.6 million light-years
- IC 2171 32.3 million light-years
- CGMW1-260 35.2 million light-years
- NGC 2325 101.8 million light-years
- NGC 2380 83.0 million light-years
- NGC 2293 94.9 million light-years
- NGC 2271 121.0 million light-years
- IC 2163 128.8 million light-years
- NGC 2207 127.7 million light-years
Its other stars
- 29 CMa
- HIP 35727
- HIP 29735
- μ CMa
- HIP 29895
- HIP 31084
- HIP 35951
- HIP 30457
- HD 47536
- 11 CMa
- HIP 35427
- HIP 32411
- HIP 35957
- HIP 35083
- HIP 35848
- HIP 32677
- HIP 35795
- HIP 34301
- HIP 35855
- HIP 33478
- HIP 34624
- GJ 9228
- HIP 30214
- HIP 29941
- HIP 35044
- HIP 33575
- HIP 35615
- HIP 36186
- HIP 30436
- HIP 31362
- HIP 32385
- HIP 33804
- HIP 33077
- HIP 36168
- HIP 34579
- HIP 31870
- HIP 35487
- ν¹ CMa
- HIP 31190
- HIP 30840
- HIP 32810
- HIP 30836
- HIP 32809
- HIP 34888
- HIP 30011
- HIP 35998
- HIP 36024
- HIP 36251
- 17 CMa
- HIP 34758
- HIP 35626
- HIP 29679
- 26 CMa
- HIP 31037
- Gl 245.1
- HIP 31599
- HIP 29771
- HIP 29692
- HIP 34914
- HIP 34561
- HIP 35611
- HIP 31758
- HIP 35213
- HIP 29993
- HIP 32368
- HIP 29843
- GJ 9212A
- HIP 31859
- GJ 9219
- 12 CMa
- HIP 34142
- HIP 34318
- HIP 34782
- HD 47366
- HIP 30468
- HIP 33079
- HIP 31024
- HIP 35920
- HIP 33492
- HIP 33126
- HIP 34617
- HIP 35975
- HIP 32144
- HIP 33666
- HIP 30420
- HIP 33760
- HIP 30062
- HIP 31205
- HIP 35241
- HIP 30376
- HIP 31086
- HIP 32744
- HIP 30190
- HIP 30669
- HIP 31469
- HIP 32827
- HIP 33703
- HIP 34954
- HIP 36045
- HIP 33040
- HIP 34248
- HIP 34940
- HIP 35132
- HIP 31593
- HIP 33330
- HIP 33532
- GJ 3389
- HD 45184
- HIP 31266
- HIP 33591
- Gl 243
- HIP 30988
- HIP 35326
- HIP 31736
- HIP 30141
- Gl 259
- HD 47186
- GJ 3436
- HD 45364
- Gl 244B
- Amadioha
- Gl 256
- GJ 3433
- TOI-880
- NGTS-38
- GJ 2056
- WASP-101
- GJ 2049
- TOI-470
- Gl 236
- GJ 9212B
- TOI-4791
- TOI-4214
- Gl 268.5
- HATS-70
- TOI-2876
- HATS-51
- TOI-2803 A
- TOI-4794
- HATS-41
- WASP-64
- TOI-2768
- HATS-45
- HATS-40
- HATS-4
- TOI-6716
- DENIS-P J0652197-253450
- WISEA J064750.85-154616.4
- WISEA J071552.38-114532.9
- SIPS J0614-2019
- WISEA J072352.62-330943.5
- Gaia J064025.19-235219.4
- WISEA J070534.00-183925.6
- WISEPA J062720.07-111428.8
- CWISE J062050.79-300620.8
- PSO J098.2822-23.2845
- CWISE J064749.87-160022.7
- WISEPA J061213.93-303612.7
- CWISE J064128.15-312359.3
- CWISE J063558.52-322549.4
- WISE J071322.55-291751.9