Astronomy:Mu Canis Majoris

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Short description: Star in the constellation Canis Major
Mu Canis Majoris
Canis Major constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of μ Canis Majoris (circled)
Observation data
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[1] mas
Distanceapprox. 1,200 ly
(approx. 380 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.22[5]
Details
μ CMa A
Surface gravity (log g)2489[6] cgs
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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode: 2007A&A...474..653V. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 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, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  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, doi:10.1086/342942, Bibcode: 2002ApJS..143..513G. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  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. ↑ 8.0 8.1 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, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "mu. CMa". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=mu.+CMa. 
  10. ↑ "HD 51251". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+51251. 
  11. ↑ O'Meara, Steve (2007), Herschel 400 Observing Guide, Cambridge University Press, p. 63, ISBN 978-0521858939, https://books.google.com/books?id=Nyh9fAC_tpIC&pg=PA63. 
  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, https://books.google.com/books?id=h3712RgWkOYC&pg=PA80. 
  13. ↑ Richard Hinckley Allen (1963-06-01). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486210797. https://archive.org/details/starnamestheirlo00alle. 
  14. ↑ Mason, Brian D. et al. (May 2012), "Speckle Interferometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory. XVIII", The Astronomical Journal 143 (5): 6, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/143/5/124, 124, Bibcode: 2012AJ....143..124M, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA561759.pdf. 
  15. ↑ Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode: 2001AJ....122.3466M. 
  16. ↑ "International variable star Index: MU CMa". AAVSO. http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5436. Retrieved 2012-06-03. 

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