• Adhara  Adhara is a star in Canis Major. ### ############### ################### ####################### ######################### ########################### ########################### ############################# ########################### ########################### ######################### ####################### ################### ############### ###  Type Blue-white bright giant  Constellation Canis Major  Magnitude 1.5  Spectral type B2II  Distance 431 light years  Double star components 7.5″ apart  You need binoculars from here  40.00,-83.00 now · 2° up in the SW · mag 1.5 · ↑ 07:18 ↓ 15:43 ⌃ 11:30  Best in the next 12 months on 9 December 2026.  Adhara is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: too low, under 8°, so trees and buildings will be in the way.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.   You will find it in Canis Major.   It is a blue-white bright giant, 431 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1596.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, so for this you want binoculars from here.   Best in the next 12 months: 2026-12-09, when it reaches 21° with 1.7 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates