List of stars in Canis Major

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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canis Major, sorted by decreasing brightness.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eta Canis Majoris</span> Star in the constellation Canis Major

Eta Canis Majoris, also named Aludra, is a star in the constellation of Canis Major. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Epsilon Canis Majoris</span> Star in the constellation Canis Major

Epsilon Canis Majoris is a binary star system and the second-brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinised from ε Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Epsilon CMa or ε CMa. This is the 22nd-brightest star in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of 1.50. About 4.7 million years ago, it was the brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of −3.99. Based upon parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission, it is about 430 light-years distant from the Sun.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delta Canis Majoris</span> Star in the constellation Canis Major

Delta Canis Majoris, officially named Wezen, is a star in the constellation of Canis Major. It is a yellow-white F-type supergiant with an apparent magnitude of +1.83. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified.

Omicron<sup>2</sup> Canis Majoris Variable star in constellation Canis Major

Omicron2 Canis Majoris is a star in the constellation Canis Major. Since 1943, the spectrum of this star has served as one of the stable anchor points by which other stars are classified. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.043, making it one of the brighter members of the constellation. Based upon a distance modulus of 10.2, it is about 3,600 light-years from Earth.

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  1. 1 2 3 E.B Knobel – On a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi Al Mouakket
  2. 1 2 3 4 Consisting with ε CMa, δ CMa (Wezen), η CMa (Aludra) and ο2 CMa (Thanih al Adzari), see Star Names, R.H. Allen, p. 130
  3. 1 2 3 4 ε CMa as Aoul al Adzari or Prima Virginum (the first virgin), ο2 CMa as Thanih al Adzari or Secunda Virginum (the second virgin) and δ CMa as Thalath al Adzari or Tertia Virginum (the third virgin). η CMa should be Rabah al Adzari or Quarta Virginum (the fourth virgin) consistently, but it was given by the name Aludra, meaning the virgin (same meaning with Adhara (ε CMa) or Al ʽAdhārā)
  4. ↑ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 16 日
  5. ↑ This star is Gould's 145th of Canis Major in his Uranometria Argentina . (Gould, B. A., (2009) Uranometria Argentina, (Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F.) Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine ) Kostjuk (see abovew) erroneously lists it as simply "145 CMa". SIMBAD follows this error in its object query result as " * 145 CMa – Star".
  6. ↑ "Approved names". NameExoWorlds . Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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