Adhara

E506486

Adhara is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Adhara canonical 4
Adhara B 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blue-white star
star
belongsTo Canis Major constellation pattern
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV -4.1
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.50
hasBayerDesignation Epsilon Canis Majoris
hasBDDesignation BD−29° 1782
hasColor blue-white
hasCompanionStar Adhara B
linked to: Adhara
hasConstellation Canis Major
hasDeclination_J2000 -28° 58′ 20″
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly ~430
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc ~132
hasEffectiveTemperature_K ~22,200
hasFlamsteedDesignation 24 Canis Majoris
hasGalacticLatitude_deg ~-11
hasGalacticLongitude_deg ~239
hasGalacticPopulation thin disk
hasHDDesignation HD 52089
hasHIPDesignation HIP 33579
hasHRDesignation HR 2618
hasLuminosityComparedToSun ~38,000
hasMassComparedToSun ~12.5
hasNameMeaning “the virgins” (from Arabic al-ʿadhārā)
hasNameOriginLanguage Arabic
hasParallax_mas ~7.6
hasProperMotionDec_masPerYear +7.2
hasProperMotionRA_masPerYear ~-3.5
hasRadialVelocity_kmPerSec ~+34
hasRadiusComparedToSun ~13
hasRightAscension_J2000 06h 58m 37s
hasSAODesignation SAO 173047
hasSpectralType B2II
hasTraditionalName Adara
Adhara
hasVariableType suspected variable
isBrightStar true
isInConstellation Canis Major
isLocatedIn Canis Major OB1 association
isMultipleStarSystem true
isOneOfMostLuminousNakedEyeStars true
isPartOf Milky Way
isPartOfAsterism body of Canis Major
isSecondBrightestStarInCanisMajor true
isSecondBrightestStarInConstellation Canis Major
isVisibleToNakedEye true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Major contains Adhara
Greater Dog contains Adhara
Adhara hasCompanionStar Adhara B
linked to: Adhara
Adhara hasTraditionalName Adhara