LS Canis Majoris
LS Canis Majoris is an eclipsing binary star located around 1018 light years from Earth in the constellation Canis Major.[3] The apparent magnitude ranges from 5.57 to 5.6. The orbital period of binary pair and the period of light variation is 70.048 days.[1] The component stars are blue-white giant stars of spectral types B2III or IV and B3III or IV respectively.[5]
![]() A light curve for LS Canis Majoris from BRITE nanosatellite data, adapted from Ratajczak et al. (2019)[1] | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Canis Major |
Right ascension | 07h 01m 05.94614s[2] |
Declination | −25° 12′ 56.2847″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.625[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B2/3III/IV[3] |
Variable type | Eclipsing binary |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 6.0[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -4.79[2] mas/yr Dec.: 4.54[2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.20 ± 0.33 mas |
Distance | approx. 1,000 ly (approx. 310 pc) |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
References
- Ratajczak, M.; Pigulski, A.; Pavlovski, K. (May 2019). "Tracking massive pairs". Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso. 49 (2): 252–257. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600.
- "LS Canis Majoris - Eclipsing Binary". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten. 328 (9): 889. arXiv:0705.0878. Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K. doi:10.1002/asna.200710776. S2CID 119323941.
- Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "LS Canis Majoris". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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