Mu Canis Majoris

Mu Canis Majoris
Location of μ Canis Majoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Canis Major
Right ascension 06h 56m 06.64589s[1]
Declination −14° 02′ 36.3520″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.12 (5.27 + 7.32)[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2/3 III + B9/A0 V[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)18.1±0.1[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.59[1] mas/yr
Dec.: + 6.33[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.62 ± 0.58 mas[1]
Distanceapprox. 1,200 ly
(approx. 380 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.22[5]
Details
μ CMa A
Luminosity2489[6] L☉
Temperature4,441[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)≤ 5[7] km/s
μ CMa B
Mass14.7±0.3[8] M☉
Age11.6±0.5[8] Myr
Other designations
μ CMa, 18 Canis Majoris, BD−13°1741, HIP 33345, HR 2593, SAO 152123[9]
μ CMa A: HD 51250[9]
μ CMa B: HD 51251[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Mu Canis Majoris (μ Canis Majoris) is a binary star[2] system in the southern constellation of Canis Major. The pair can be located a little to the southwest of the point midway between Gamma and Theta Canis Majoris,[11] and the components can be split with a small telescope.[12] The system is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.12.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of just 2.62 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this system is located roughly 1,200 light years from the Sun.

Grotius assigned the name Isis to this star, but the name, now obsolete, belonged rather to Gamma Canis Majoris.[13]

As of 2011, the pair had an angular separation of 2.77 arc seconds along a position angle of 343.9°.[14] The orange-hued primary member, component A, is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K2/3 III[3] and a visual magnitude of 5.27.[2] The base magnitude 7.32[2] companion, component B, is a hybrid B/A-type main-sequence star with a class of B9/A0 V.[3]

The system has two visual companions. As of 2008, magnitude 10.32 component C lies at an angular separation of 86.90″, while magnitude 10.64 component D is at a separation of 105.0″.[15] Mu CMa should not be confused with the 9th magnitude variable star MU CMa located near NGC 2360.[16]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ a b c Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
  4. ^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
  5. ^ Ginestet, N.; Carquillat, J. M. (2002), "Spectral Classification of the Hot Components of a Large Sample of Stars with Composite Spectra, and Implication for the Absolute Magnitudes of the Cool Supergiant Components", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 143 (2): 513, Bibcode:2002ApJS..143..513G, doi:10.1086/342942.
  6. ^ a b McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
  7. ^ Eaton, J. A. (May 1990), "Rotational Velocities of G and K Giants", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 3460: 1, Bibcode:1990IBVS.3460....1E.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b "mu. CMa". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. ^ "HD 51251". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ O'Meara, Steve (2007), Herschel 400 Observing Guide, Cambridge University Press, p. 63, ISBN 978-0521858939.
  12. ^ Consolmagno, Guy (2011), Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope – and How to Find Them, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 81, ISBN 978-1-139-50373-0.
  13. ^ Richard Hinckley Allen (1963-06-01). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486210797.
  14. ^ Mason, Brian D.; et al. (May 2012), "Speckle Interferometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory. XVIII" (PDF), The Astronomical Journal, 143 (5): 6, Bibcode:2012AJ....143..124M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/143/5/124, 124, archived from the original on June 13, 2017.
  15. ^ Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920.
  16. ^ "International variable star Index: MU CMa". AAVSO. Retrieved 2012-06-03.