Star in the constellation Canis Majoris
Lambda Canis Majoris is a solitary,[ 8] blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major . Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from λ Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Lambda CMa or λ CMa. This star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.48.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.41 mas as seen from Earth,[ 1] it is located about 440 light-years (135 pc ) away from the Sun . At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.14 due to interstellar dust .[ 5] It is receding from the Sun with a line of sight velocity of +41 km/s.[ 4]
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 has a high rate of spin with a projected rotational velocity of 102 km/s.[ 3] It has about 5 times the mass of the Sun and 4.3 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 824 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 15,481 K.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023), "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties" , Astronomy and Astrophysics , 674 : A1, arXiv :2208.00211 , Bibcode :2023A&A...674A...1G , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 , S2CID 244398875 .
Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , 4 (99): 99, Bibcode :1966CoLPL...4...99J .
^ a b c d Bragança, G. A.; et al. (November 2012), "Projected Rotational Velocities and Stellar Characterization of 350 B Stars in the Nearby Galactic Disk", The Astronomical Journal , 144 (5): 10, arXiv :1208.1674 , Bibcode :2012AJ....144..130B , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/130 , S2CID 118868235 , 130.
^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters , 32 (11): 759– 771, arXiv :1606.08053 , Bibcode :2006AstL...32..759G , doi :10.1134/S1063773706110065 , S2CID 119231169 .
^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters , 38 (11): 694– 706, arXiv :1606.09028 , Bibcode :2012AstL...38..694G , doi :10.1134/S1063773712110035 , S2CID 119108982 .
^ a b Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 410 (1): 190– 200, arXiv :1007.4883 , Bibcode :2011MNRAS.410..190T , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x , S2CID 118629873 .
^ "lam CMa" , SIMBAD , Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg , retrieved 2017-09-07 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869– 879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
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