Beta Canis Majoris

E509402
Beta Cephei variable star

Beta Canis Majoris is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, notable as one of its most luminous and prominent members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Beta Cephei variable ⓘ
star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV −4.0 ⓘ
age_millionYears ~10 ⓘ
angularSeparationFromSirius_deg ~4 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 1.98 ⓘ
bayerDesignation β Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToAsterism Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalog Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
color blue-white ⓘ
constellation Canis Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
declination −17° 57′ 21″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly ~500 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc ~150 ⓘ
dominantFusionProcess CNO cycle ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K ~23000 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage bright giant ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 11 Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg −11.3 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg 227.2 ⓘ
hasPhotosphericComposition hydrogen-dominated ⓘ
hdNumber HD 44743 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility equatorial ⓘ
southern ⓘ
hipparcosNumber HIP 30324 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hrNumber HR 2294 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isAmongBrightestInConstellation true ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible true ⓘ
luminosity_solar ~26000 ⓘ
mass_solar ~13 ⓘ
metallicityRelativeToSun near-solar ⓘ
notableFor high luminosity ⓘ
short-period pulsations ⓘ
otherName Mirzam NERFINISHED ⓘ
β Canis Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYear +4.0 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYear −3.0 ⓘ
pulsationPeriod_days ~0.25 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec +33 ⓘ
radius_solar ~8 ⓘ
rightAscension 06h 22m 41s ⓘ
spectralType B1II ⓘ
variableStarDesignation Beta Cephei star ⓘ
variableType Beta Cephei NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Canis Major → contains → Beta Canis Majoris ⓘ