Lambda Canis Majoris

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Lambda Canis Majoris
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Canis Major
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.48[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B4 V[3]
U−B Template:Engvar −0.61[2]
B−V Template:Engvar −0.17[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −14.41[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +25.21[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.70±0.16 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.85[5]
Details
MassScript error: No such module "val".[6] Template:Solar mass
Luminosity560[7] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)3.93[8] cgs
Temperature16,300[3] K
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AgeScript error: No such module "val".[6] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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Lambda Canis Majoris (λ Canis Majoris) is a solitary,[10] blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major. Lambda CMa is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.48.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.70 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this star is located about 424 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.14 due to interstellar dust.[5]

This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B4 V.[3] The star is roughly 40 million years old,[6] and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 102 km/s.[3] It has about 5.7[6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 560[7] times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 16,300 K.[3]

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