Wezen

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Wezen is a bright supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, notable as one of its most luminous members.

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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

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Canis Major contains Wezen