Iota Canis Majoris, Latinized from ι Canis Majoris, is a solitary variable supergiant star in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It is visible...
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stars of great distance and high luminosity. At magnitude 1.5, Epsilon Canis Majoris (Adhara) is the second-brightest star of the constellation and the brightest...
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VY Canis Majoris (abbreviated to VY CMa) is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant (O-rich RHG or RSG) and pulsating variable star 1...
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Beta Cephei variable (redirect from Beta Canis Majoris star)
Beta Cephei variables, also known as Beta Canis Majoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations...
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galactic red supergiants and hypergiants found elsewhere such as VY Canis Majoris and with theoretical models of the coolest, most luminous and largest...
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eye examples include Polaris, Alpha Leporis, Alpha Persei, Delta Canis Majoris and Iota¹ Scorpii. Many of them are variable stars, mostly pulsating Cepheids...
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Binary star system 1.40 Regulus Quadruple star system 1.50 Epsilon Canis Majoris Binary star system 1.58 Castor Sextenary star system Brightest sextuple...
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to that of another notable but more extreme cool hypergiant star, VY Canis Majoris, and is also known as a heavily mass-losing OH/IR supergiant. It is...
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1889 1889 Amapá Beta Canis Majoris (Mirzam) Canis Major, the Great Dog 2 1991 1992 Rondônia Gamma Canis Majoris (Muliphen) Canis Major, the Great Dog...
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العُذْرَة Eta Canis Majoris Alula Australis, Alula Borealis (al-Qafzat) ul-Ūla' the First (Leap) القفزة الأولى Xi Ursae Majoris and Nu Ursae Majoris Alya al-Alyah...
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F0IIIa – Zeta Leonis F0Ib – Alpha Leporis F1V - 37 Ursae Majoris F2V – 78 Ursae Majoris F7V - Iota Piscium F9V - Beta Virginis F9V - HD 10647 G-type stars...
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21 confirmed and 139 candidates. The most massive confirmed exoplanet is Iota Draconis b, which masses 9.40 MJ (i.e. 9.4 times the mass of Jupiter); the...
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3,600 1 O7fp It is the central star of IC 418 Planetary Nebula. UW Canis Majoris 3,800 2 O7.5-8Iabf + O9.7Ib 4.95 19 Cephei 3,913.88 1 O9Ib 5.08 HD 164492 A...
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C.H.; Spears, D.L. (1977). "Spatial heterodyne tnterferometry of VY Canis Majoris, Alpha Orionis, Alpha Scorpii, and R Leonis at 11 microns". Astrophysical...
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Supergiants 29 Canis Majoris Alnitak Alpha Camelopardalis Cygnus X-1 Tau Canis Majoris Zeta Puppis...
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constellations: Icarius as Boötes, Erigone as Virgo, and Maera as Canis Major or Canis Minor. Following another reading, the constellation is identified...
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similar to those seen in the supernova SN 1987A. MWC 922 itself is an FS Canis Majoris variable, meaning that it is a Be star containing exceptionally bright...
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Fire. The Well Mansion corresponds to constellations Auriga, Cancer, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Carina, Columba, Gemini, Monoceros, Orion, Pictor, Puppis and...
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(September 2000). "Coordinated monitoring of the eccentric O-star binary Iota Orionis: optical spectroscopy and photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal...
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C. (November 2006). "An asteroseismic study of the β Cephei star β Canis Majoris". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 459 (2): 589–596. arXiv:astro-ph/0607261...
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been confirmed with another 65 stars possible members. Six stars, namely Iota Herculis, 53 Piscium, Nu Eridani, Gamma Pegasi, HD 13745 (V354 Persei) and...
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in this multiple star system thus far. Epsilon Indi Gliese 229 HD 188753 Iota Horologii Phi2 Pavonis From L=4πR2σTeff4, where L is the luminosity, R is...
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the middle name of Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom. Dnoces for the star Iota Ursae Majoris and which is Second spelled backwards, alluding to Edward Higgins...
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"High-Resolution Imaging of Dust Shells by Using Keck Aperture Masking and the IOTA Interferometer". The Astrophysical Journal. 605 (1): 436–461. arXiv:astro-ph/0401363...
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Zorec, Jean (2000). "Coordinated monitoring of the eccentric O-star binary Iota Orionis: Optical spectroscopy and photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal...
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