BU Canis Minoris

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BU Canis Minoris
BUCMiLightCurve.png
A light curve for BU Canis Minoris, plotted from TESS data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Canis Minor
Right ascension 07h 58m 05.89734s [2]
Declination 07° 12′ 48.7030″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.42 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A0V [4]
B−V color index −0.031±0.008 [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+34.0±6.5 [3]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −9.407 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −11.835 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.0663 ± 0.0568  mas [2]
Distance 800 ± 10  ly
(246 ± 3  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.38 [3]
Details [5]
BU CMi Aa
Mass 3.40 ± 0.10  M☉
Radius 2.51 ± 0.05  R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.088 ± 0.010  cgs
Temperature 10130 ± 80  K
BU CMi Ab
Mass 3.11 ± 0.10  M☉
Radius 1.80 ± 0.05  R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.338 ± 0.010  cgs
Temperature 9740 ± 80  K
BU CMi Ba
Mass 3.29 ± 0.10  M☉
Radius 2.31 ± 0.05  R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.148 ± 0.010  cgs
Temperature 10180 ± 80  K
BU CMi Bb
Mass 3.29 ± 0.10  M☉
Radius 2.04 ± 0.05  R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.259 ± 0.010  cgs
Temperature 9890 ± 80  K
Other designations
BU CMi, BD+07°1879, HD  65241, HIP  38945, HR  3103, SAO  116179 [6]
Database references
SIMBAD data

BU Canis Minoris is a quadruple star system in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. It has the Henry Draper Catalogue designation of HD 65241, while BU Canis Minoris is its variable star designation. The system is a challenge to view with the naked eye, having a peak apparent visual magnitude of 6.42. [3] It is located at a distance of approximately 700  light years from the Sun based on parallax, [2] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of about +34 km/s. [3]

BU Canis Majoris was discovered to be a variable star when the Hipparcos data was analyzed. It was given its variable star designation in 1999. [7]

In 2021, BU Canis Majoris was found to be composed to two eclipsing binaries, totalling four stars. Both pairs are double-lined spectroscopic binary systems that form Algol-like eclipsing binaries. [5] The orbits of both systems are somewhat eccentric. [5] The brightness of the system decreases from 6.44 down to 6.53 during the primary eclipse. [8] It has a stellar classification of A0V, [4] which matches an A-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. In reality, however, all four stars are nearly equal in properties, and have masses from 3.1 to 3.4 solar masses. [5] The system is about 200 million years old. [5]

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References

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