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 05.94626s[2] |
Declination | −25° 12′ 56.2817″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.63 – 5.79[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B2/3III/IV[4] |
Variable type | Eclipsing binary[3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 6.0[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −4.638[2] mas/yr Dec.: +5.332[2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 2.1591 ± 0.0613 mas[2] |
Distance | 1,510 ± 40 ly (460 ± 10 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.04[6] |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
LS Canis Majoris is an eclipsing binary star located around 1,510 light years from Earth in the constellation Canis Major. Its apparent magnitude ranges from 5.63 to 5.79. The orbital period of binary pair and the period of light variation is 70.048 days.[1]
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