• Aludra  Aludra is a star in Canis Major. # ############### ##################### ######################### ########################### ############################# ############################### ############################### ################################# ############################### ############################### ############################# ########################### ######################### ##################### ############### #  Type Blue-white supergiant  Constellation Canis Major  Magnitude 2.5  Spectral type B5Ia  Distance about 3,198 light years  Double star components 178.7″ apart  You need binoculars from here  40.00,-83.00 now · 14° up in the SSW · mag 2.5 · ↑ 07:45 ↓ 16:06 ⌃ 11:56  Best in the next 12 months on 9 December 2026.  Aludra is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.   You will find it in Canis Major.   It is a blue-white supergiant, at a distance that is genuinely uncertain.   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 1.4 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates