Beta Canis Majoris
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mirzam, 2 Canis Majoris, HD 44743, 2 CMa, β CMa, HGAM 524, HIC 30324, HIP 30324
star in the constellation Canis Major
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Vinony's link graph records 118 inbound references to Beta Canis Majoris, and connects out to Hipparcos, year and Canis Major.
It sits within the topics Bayer objects, Beta Cephei variables and Brightest stars.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- bC*
- Spectral type
- B1II-III
- Distance
- 493 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.00011241741891976353
- Coordinates
- RA 95.6749° · Dec -17.9559°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astrophysical X-ray source
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Distance from Earth
- 151
- Variable-star type
- Beta Cephei variable
- Image
- Position Beta Cma.png
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- catalog code
- ALS 15801
- spectral class
- B0.5II-IIISB
- apparent magnitude
- 2.65
- right ascension
- 95.67493896958
- declination
- -17.95591870889
- effective temperature
- 24000
- radial velocity
- 33.1
- parallax
- 6.53
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.41
- stellar rotational velocity
- 24
- surface gravity
- 2700
- absolute magnitude
- -4.1
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -7
- declination component of proper motion
- -2
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