Star Motion

 

Time Span    years

 

HIP 30438 🔗

 

Alp Car Canopus

ParameterNow50000 years
Right Ascension6.399195 hrs6.42917 hrs
Declination-52.69566°-52.36973°
ConstellationCarinaCarina
Distance94.7867 parsec95.86 parsec
Magnitude-0.62-0.60

 

The star's annual motion spans 5.3 AUs or 0.00008 light-years.

Closest approach to the sun occurred 3,065,949 years ago at a distance of 52.37 parsecs, or 170.82 light-years and -1.9 magnitudes.