This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canis Minor, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis.mag. abs.mag. Dist. (ly) Sp. class Notes Procyon α 10 61421 37279 0.34 2.65 11 F5IV-V Antecanis, Al Shira, Elgomaisa; 7th brightest star, 13th nearest star system; binary; suspected variable, β CMi β 3 58715 36188 2.89 −0.70 170 B8Vvar Gomeisa; γ Cas variable, γ CMi γ 4 58972 36284 4.33 −1.10 318 K3III SB semiregular variable, HD 66141 (λ) (13) 66141 39311 4.39 −0.13 261 K2III suspected variable; has a planet (b) 6 CMi ο 6 59294 36425 4.55 −1.63 560 K2III suspected variable, ε CMi ε 2 58367 36041 4.99 −2.42 988 G8III ζ CMi ζ 13 63975 38373 5.12 −0.43 420 B8II η CMi η 5 58923 36265 5.22 0.06 351 F0III δ1 CMi δ1 7 59881 36641 5.24 −1.67 787 F0III 11 CMi π 11 62832 37921 5.25 0.34 312 A1Vnn 14 CMi 14 65345 38962 5.30 0.75 264 K0III HD 55751 55751 34987 5.36 −1.45 749 K0III 1 CMi 1 58187 35987 5.37 0.43 317 A5IV δ2 CMi δ2 8 60111 36723 5.59 2.44 139 F2V HD 65900 σ 65900 39213 5.65 0.52 346 A1V HD 55730 55730 35005 5.71 0.68 331 G6III HD 54079 54079 34387 5.74 −0.47 568 K0III: HD 56031 56031 35120 5.78 −0.56 604 M4III semiregular variable, δ3 CMi δ3 9 60357 36812 5.83 −0.75 676 A0Vnn HD 64685 64685 38712 5.86 2.95 124 F2IV HD 60803 60803 37031 5.89 2.69 142 G0V binary HD 56989 56989 35476 5.90 −0.11 520 G9III HD 57006 57006 35509 5.91 2.04 193 F8IV HD 61887 61887 37478 5.95 0.00 504 A0V HD 57608 57608 35712 5.99 −5.08 5344 B8III HD 61563 61563 No Hipparcos designation. 6.07 -0.26 670 A0IV+A0IV binary HD 65066 κ 65066 38868 6.03 1.25 294 K0III HD 55111 55111 34768 6.07 −0.83 782 A1V HD 55184 55184 34789 6.15 −0.67 753 K0III HD 64938 ι 64938 38794 6.16 −0.91 845 G8III HD 62264 62264 37614 6.17 0.46 453 K0III HD 63799 63799 38300 6.17 0.81 384 K1III HD 66011 66011 39271 6.22 2.34 194 G0IV HD 60275 ν 60275 36796 6.28 0.73 420 A1V BC CMi BC 64052 38406 6.30 0.75 420 M5 semiregular variable, HD 65123 65123 38870 6.35 2.51 191 F6V HD 58552 58552 36123 6.38 1.45 316 A2IV HD 59603 59603 36553 6.38 −0.32 712 K0 HD 63838 63838 38306 6.38 0.86 414 K2III HD 58599 58599 36141 6.39 −1.55 1264 B7II-III HD 62407 62407 37723 6.40 −0.75 876 K0 HD 63475 63475 38196 6.42 0.44 511 K0 BU CMi BU 65241 38945 6.42 −0.64 842 A0V Algol variable HD 57707 57707 35751 6.43 2.24 225 G5 AZ CMi AZ 62437 37705 6.46 0.84 433 A5IV δ Sct variable, HD 63798 63798 38303 6.49 1.12 387 G5 HD 62286 62286 37634 6.50 0.03 643 K0 S CMi S 59950 36675 6.60 2450 M7-8e Mira variable, HD 64584 θ 64584 38669 6.97 1359 K0 HD 59539 ξ 59539 7.09 1326 K5III C HD 58122 ρ 58122 35923 7.24 594 K0 HD 59271 ξ 59271 36384 7.63 510 A5 AI CMi AI 8.31 G5Iab slow irregular variable, HD 56126 CY 56126 8.32 F5Iab post-AGB star, YY CMi YY 67110 8.70 F7V β Lyr variable, AD CMi AD 64191 38473 9.38 528 F2:III δ Sct variable, Luyten's star 36208 9.87 11.94 12.37 M3.5V XZ CMi XZ 10.25 F0 Algol variable, AK CMi AK 10.73 A-F Algol variable YZ CMi YZ 11.23 19.419 M4.5V BY Dra and UV Cet variable HAT-P-50 11.76 1947 has a transiting planet (b) BG CMi BG 14.5 DQ Her variable,

See also Lists of stars by constellation

Notes

References

Wagman, M., Lost Stars: Lost, Missing, and Troublesome Stars from the Catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nichoilas-Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and Sundry Others, The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blaksburg, 2003, p. 460. Flamsteed, J., (ed.) "Stellarum Inerrantium Catalogus Britannicus", Historia Coelestis Britannica, vol.3, H. Meere, London, 1725, p. 32.