Lambda Canis Majoris (λ Canis Majoris) is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major. Lambda CMa is visible to the naked eye with...

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...

Theta Canis Majoris (θ Canis Majoris) is a solitary, orange-hued star near the northern edge of the constellation Canis Major, forming the nose of the...

Omicron1 Canis Majoris (ο1 CMa, ο1 Canis Majoris) is a red supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major. It is also a variable star. Johann Bayer gave...

Balona, L. A.; Feast, M. W. (1975). "The luminosities of the beta Canis Majoris variables, the zero age main sequence and the distance of the Sco-Cen...

to 2,000 R☉. Mu Cephei VV Cephei A NML Cygni RW Cephei S Persei VY Canis Majoris - potentially the largest star in the Milky Way KY Cygni PZ Cassiopeiae...

PC2, HCP and PH3. It was detected in the circumstellar shell of VY Canis Majoris and in the star forming region catalogued as AFGL 5142. The compound...

B-type supergiant, spectral type B2Ia Omicron² Canis Majoris, B-type supergiant, spectral type B3Ia Lambda Cephei, B-type supergiant, specteal type O6.5I(n)fp...

{\displaystyle q=2\times 10^{-3}} in the long-period variable M star VY Canis Majoris in the H band, ascribing the CP to multiple scattering in circumstellar...

system 1.50 Epsilon Canis Majoris Binary star system 1.58 Castor Sextenary star system Brightest sextuple star system 1.62 Lambda Scorpii Triple star...

direction opposite of the solar apex, is located near the star Zeta Canis Majoris. Animations of star motions around apex and antapex The movement of...

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...

asterism consisting of ο Puppis, δ Canis Majoris, η Canis Majoris, HD 63032, HD 65456, k Puppis, ε Canis Majoris, κ Canis Majoris and π Puppis. Consequently,...

the View (of the Lion) الطرف الطَّرْف Lambda Leonis Aludra al-ʽUdhrah Virginity العذرة العُذْرَة Eta Canis Majoris Alula Australis, Alula Borealis (al-Qafzat)...

naked eye examples include Polaris, Alpha Leporis, Alpha Persei, Delta Canis Majoris and Iota¹ Scorpii. Many of them are variable stars, mostly pulsating...

sometimes used for the most extended and unstable red supergiants like VY Canis Majoris and NML Cygni. The "red" part of "red supergiant" refers to the cool...

have been very massive Population III stars. Such stars would dwarf VY Canis Majoris, Mu Cephei and RSGC1-F01, four among the largest known modern stars...

/ˈæltərf/ Canis Major η Canis Majoris Aludra /əˈluːdrə/ Ursa Major ξ Ursae Majoris Aa Alula Australis /əˈluːlə ɔːˈstreɪlᵻs/ Ursa Major ν Ursae Majoris Alula...

relatively short period of astronomical time. Very large stars like VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest stars known, together with NML Cygni, VX Sagittarii...

exoplanets. XO-2N 490 ± 1 2 K0V + K0V 11.18±0.03 Has four exoplanets. Beta Canis Majoris (Mirzam) 490 ± 20 1 B1 II-III 1.985 One of the closest supernova candidates...

slowed by tidal braking. The best-known metallic-line star is Sirius (α Canis Majoris). The following table lists some metallic-line stars in order of descending...

also known as HD 49131 and HP Canis Majoris, is a star about 2,000 light years from the Earth, in the constellation Canis Major. It is a 5th magnitude...

Orionis B2Ib – 9 Cephei B3V – Eta Ursae Majoris B3V – Eta Aurigae B3Ia – Omicron2 Canis Majoris B5Ia – Eta Canis Majoris B8Ia – Rigel A-type stars are among...

giants include: Canopus Albireo Epsilon Canis Majoris Theta Scorpii Beta Draconis Alpha Herculis Gamma Canis Majoris Within any giant luminosity class, the...

Arietis Pulsar Eclipsing binary Algol variable Beta Lyrae variable W Ursae Majoris variable Supernova Classes Type Ia supernova Type Ib and Ic supernovae...

disks and increase in brightness are known as shell events. 27 Canis Majoris Beta Canis Minoris Pleione Labadie-Bartz, Jonathan; Baade, Dietrich; Carciofi...

"Fundamental properties and atmospheric structure of the red supergiant VY Canis Majoris based on VLTI/AMBER spectro-interferometry". Astronomy and Astrophysics...

V1365 Aquilae V1366 Aquilae NSV 25875 W43A S Persei VX Sagittarii VY Canis Majoris AH Scorpii MY Cephei PZ Cassiopeiae IRC −30308 NML Cygni IRC +10420...

Beta Centauri (B1III); Mimosa (B0.5III); Bellatrix (B2III); Epsilon Canis Majoris (B2II); and Alpha Lupi (B1.5III) among others. The name blue giant is...

Current distance Current magnitude Epsilon Canis Majoris ... −4,460,000 −4,700,000 −3.99 34 430 1.50 Beta Canis Majoris −4,460,000 −3,700,000 −4,420,000 −3.65...