27 Canis Majoris
File:EWCMaLightCurve.png Blue band light curves for EW Canis Majoris. The main plot shows the long term variability, and the inset plot shows the short term variability. Adapted from Mennickent et al. (1994) and Balona & Rozowsky (1991).[1][2] | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canis Major |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[3] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.65[4] (+4.92 + 5.39)[5] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B3 IIIpe[6] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | Script error: No such module "val".[7] |
| Variable type | γ Cas + β Cep:[8] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | Script error: No such module "val".[7] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −6.91[3] mas/yr Dec.: +3.17[3] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 1.88±0.32 mas[3] |
| Distance | approx. Template:Rnd ly (approx. Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −4.13[7] |
| Orbit[9] | |
| Period (P) | Script error: No such module "val". yr |
| Semi-major axis (a) | Script error: No such module "val".″ |
| Eccentricity (e) | Script error: No such module "val". |
| Inclination (i) | Script error: No such module "val".° |
| Longitude of the node (Ω) | Script error: No such module "val".° |
| Periastron epoch (T) | Script error: No such module "val". |
| Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | Script error: No such module "val".° |
| Details | |
| 27 CMa A | |
| Mass | Script error: No such module "val".[10] Template:Solar mass |
| Luminosity (bolometric) | 15,610[4] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.514[11] cgs |
| Temperature | 21,061[11] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 290[11] km/s |
| Age | Script error: No such module "val".[10] Myr |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| Template:Odlist[12] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
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27 Canis Majoris is a binary star[5] system in the northern constellation of Canis Major,[12] located approximately 1,700 light years away from the Sun.[3] It has the variable star designation EW Canis Majoris;[8] 27 Canis Majoris is the Flamsteed designation. This system is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.65.[4] It is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 16 km/s.[7]
The pair of stars in this system were first resolved by W. S. Finsen in 1953, and the split has been widening since that time.[13] The system has an orbital period of around 119 years with an eccentricity of 0.7 and a semimajor axis of Script error: No such module "val"..[9] The magnitude 4.92[5] primary, designated component A, is a Be star with a stellar classification of B3 IIIpe.[6] It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 290 km/s, compared to a critical velocity of 389 km/s.[11] The star appears to be a Beta Cephei variable[14] with a pulsation period of 0.0919 days and an amplitude of 0.0080 in magnitude.[15]
The magnitude 5.39[5] secondary, component B, is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star. Due to its variable nature, the brightness of the system varies from magnitude +4.42 to +4.82.[8]
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