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Nu2 Canis Majoris

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Nu2 Canis Majoris

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Also known as 7 Canis Majoris, HD 47205, v2 Canis Majoris, Nu2 CMa, 7 CMa, v2 CMa, GJ 9214, GJ 239.1

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Within Vinony's link graph, Nu2 Canis Majoris is referenced by 104 other articles, and connects out to year, Canis Major and solar mass.

It is catalogued under topics including Bayer objects, Bright Star Catalogue objects and Canis Major.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
PM*
Spectral type
K1.5III-IVFe1
Distance
67 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.000008572633991565937
Coordinates
RA 99.1710° · Dec -19.2559°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Canis Major
Distance from Earth
19.8101
Diameter
6820000
Radius
4.87
Mass
1.34
Orbital period
988.9
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catalog code
UBV M 12277
apparent magnitude
3.673236
effective temperature
4826
parallax
48.849
radial velocity
2.7
spectral class
K0III
epoch
J2000.0
metallicity
0.21
stellar rotational velocity
2.72
surface gravity
1130
absolute magnitude
-0.05
luminosity
12.814274
right ascension component of proper motion
64
declination component of proper motion
-76
right ascension
99.17099032848041
declination
-19.25588040351555
time of periapsis
2454093
orbital eccentricity
0.046
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.143
argument of periapsis
226.6
M sin i
0.906
age estimated by a dating method
4.3
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