Wezen
E506485
Wezen is a bright supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, notable as one of its most luminous members.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
luminous supergiant
ⓘ
star ⓘ yellow-white supergiant ⓘ |
| belongsToGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evolvesFrom | massive main-sequence star ⓘ |
| evolvesTo | red supergiant ⓘ |
| hasAbsoluteMagnitude_V | −6.9 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Delta Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitude | 1.83 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | δ Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColorIndex_BV | +0.67 ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | −26° 23′ 36″ ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth_ly | ~1600 ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth_pc | ~490 ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature_K | ~5800 ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | Delta Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGalacticLatitude_deg | −11 ⓘ |
| hasGalacticLongitude_deg | 238 ⓘ |
| hasHDNumber | HD 54605 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHIPNumber | HIP 34444 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHRNumber | HR 2693 ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity_solar | ~50,000 ⓘ |
| hasMass_solar | ~17 ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | derived from Arabic "al-wazn" meaning "the weight" ⓘ |
| hasParallax_mas | ~2.0 ⓘ |
| hasProperMotion_Dec_mas_per_yr | +4 ⓘ |
| hasProperMotion_RA_mas_per_yr | −3 ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity_km_per_s | ~34 ⓘ |
| hasRadius_solar | ~200 ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 07h 08m 23s ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType | F8Iab ⓘ |
| hasStellarClassification | F-type supergiant ⓘ |
| isAmongMostLuminousIn | Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCatalogedIn |
Bright Star Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| isLargerThan | the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMoreLuminousThan | the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMoreMassiveThan | the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfAsterism | Canis Major main figure ⓘ |
| isVisibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| willEndAs | core-collapse supernova ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.