Adhara

E506486
blue-white star star

Adhara is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blue-white star ⓘ
star ⓘ
belongsTo Canis Major constellation pattern ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV -4.1 ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.50 ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Epsilon Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBDDesignation BD−29° 1782 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasColor blue-white ⓘ
hasCompanionStar Adhara B NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConstellation Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeclination_J2000 -28° 58′ 20″ ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly ~430 ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc ~132 ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature_K ~22,200 ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 24 Canis Majoris ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude_deg ~-11 ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude_deg ~239 ⓘ
hasGalacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasHDDesignation HD 52089 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHIPDesignation HIP 33579 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHRDesignation HR 2618 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLuminosityComparedToSun ~38,000 ⓘ
hasMassComparedToSun ~12.5 ⓘ
hasNameMeaning “the virgins” (from Arabic al-ʿadhārā) ⓘ
hasNameOriginLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasParallax_mas ~7.6 ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec_masPerYear +7.2 ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA_masPerYear ~-3.5 ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity_kmPerSec ~+34 ⓘ
hasRadiusComparedToSun ~13 ⓘ
hasRightAscension_J2000 06h 58m 37s ⓘ
hasSAODesignation SAO 173047 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpectralType B2II ⓘ
hasTraditionalName Adara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Adhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariableType suspected variable ⓘ
isBrightStar true ⓘ
isInConstellation Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
isLocatedIn Canis Major OB1 association NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMultipleStarSystem true ⓘ
isOneOfMostLuminousNakedEyeStars true ⓘ
isPartOf Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOfAsterism body of Canis Major ⓘ
isSecondBrightestStarInCanisMajor true ⓘ
isSecondBrightestStarInConstellation Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
isVisibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Major → contains → Adhara ⓘ