12 Canis Majoris

12 Canis Majoris

A visual band light curve for HK Canis Majoris (2020)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Canis Major
Right ascension 06h 47m 01.48353s[2]
Declination −21° 00′ 55.4517″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) +6.07[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B7 II/III[4] or B5 V[5]
B−V color index −0.159±0.004[3]
Variable type SX Ari[6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+16.4±2.5[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −14.568[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +5.778[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.6155 ± 0.0543 mas
Distance707 ± 8 ly
(217 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.81[3]
Details
Mass4.8[7] M☉
Radius2.73[8] R☉
Luminosity537[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.23[5] cgs
Temperature15,830±60[9] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.37[10] dex
Rotation2.18045 d[7]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)65[7] km/s
Age134[11] Myr
Other designations
12 Cep, HK CMa, BD−20°1576, FK5 817, GC 8884, HD 49333, HIP 32504, HR 2509, SAO 172318[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

12 Canis Majoris is a variable star located about 707 light years away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Canis Major.[12] It has the variable star designation HK Canis Majoris; 12 Canis Majoris is the Flamsteed designation. This body is just barely visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of +6.07.[3] It is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +16 km/s.[3] This is the brightest star in the vicinity of the open cluster NGC 2287,[13] although it is probably not a member based on its proper motion.[14]

This star has a stellar classification of B7 II/III,[4] matching the spectrum of a B-type star intermediate between a giant and bright giant.[4] (Cidale et al. (2007) show a class of B5 V,[5] which would indicate it is instead a B-type main-sequence star.) It is a magnetic Bp star[15] of the helium–weak variety (CP4), with the spectrum displaying evidence for vertical stratification of helium in the atmosphere.[16] Samus et al. (2017) classify it as an SX Arietis variable that varies in brightness by about 0.05 magnitudes over a period of 2.18045 days.[6] It has 4.8 times the mass of the Sun and 2.73[8] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 537 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 15,830 K.

References

  1. ^ Bernhard, Klaus; Hũmmerich, Stefan; Paunzen, Ernst (17 February 2020). "New and improved rotational periods of magnetic CP stars from ASAS-3, KELT, and MASCARA data". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493 (3): 3293–3330. arXiv:2002.06435. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.493.3293B. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa462.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
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  5. ^ a b c Cidale, L. S.; et al. (June 2007), "Fundamental parameters of He-weak and He-strong stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 468 (1): 263–272, arXiv:0705.0541, Bibcode:2007A&A...468..263C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066454, S2CID 14143604.
  6. ^ a b Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
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  8. ^ a b Shulyak, D.; et al. (2014), "Interferometry of chemically peculiar stars: Theoretical predictions versus modern observing facilities", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443 (2): 1629, arXiv:1406.6093, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.443.1629S, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1259, S2CID 96452769.
  9. ^ a b Netopil, M.; et al. (November 2008), "Chemically peculiar stars and their temperature calibration", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 491 (2): 545–554, arXiv:0809.5131, Bibcode:2008A&A...491..545N, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810325, S2CID 14084961.
  10. ^ Mosser, B.; et al. (February 2005), "Seismology and activity of the F type star HD 49933", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 431 (2): L13–L16, arXiv:astro-ph/0501459, Bibcode:2005A&A...431L..13M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200500003, S2CID 18412104.
  11. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (December 2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters. 38 (12): 771–782. arXiv:1606.08814. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..771G. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737.
  12. ^ a b "12 CMa". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  13. ^ Feinstein, A.; et al. (1979), "Multicolor photometry of the open cluster NGC 2287", International Astronomical Union, Reunion Astronomica Regional Latinoamericana, 1st, Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16-21, 1978, vol. 3, Chile, Universidad: Departamento de Astronomia, Publicaciones, pp. 146–149, Bibcode:1979rarl.conf..146F.
  14. ^ Levato, H.; Garcia, B. (1984), "Axial rotation in NGC 2287", Astrophysical Letters, 24 (3): 161–164, Bibcode:1984ApL....24..161L.
  15. ^ Bailey, J. D.; Landstreet, J. D. (2013), "Abundances determined using Si ii and Si iii in B-type stars: Evidence for stratification", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 551: A30, arXiv:1301.3050, Bibcode:2013A&A...551A..30B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220671, S2CID 59291051.
  16. ^ Farthmann, M.; et al. (November 1994), "Stratification of helium in the photospheres of the helium-weak stars HD 28843 and HD 49333", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 291: 919–927, Bibcode:1994A&A...291..919F.