Wezen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wezen
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 1.83
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:2MASS_J07082349-2623349
gptkb:BD-27_1809
gptkb:FK5_273
gptkb:GC_9562
gptkb:GSC_06506-01836
gptkb:HD_54605
gptkb:HIP_34444
gptkb:HR_2693
gptkb:SAO_172569
gptkb:TYC_6506-1836-1
gptkb:WDS_J07084-2624A
CD-27 3752
gptkbp:color yellow-white
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Canis_Major
gptkbp:declination -26° 23′ 35″
gptkbp:diameter ~215 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy known since antiquity
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~1,600 light years
gptkbp:evolutionaryStage supergiant
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wezen
gptkbp:luminosity ~82,000 times Sun
gptkbp:mass ~17 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity ~solar
gptkbp:nameOrigin Arabic 'al-wazn' (weight)
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Delta_Canis_Majoris
gptkbp:parallax 2.02 mas
gptkbp:properMotionRA +4.06 mas/yr
-3.49 mas/yr
gptkbp:rightAscension 07h 08m 23.5s
gptkbp:spectralType F8 Ia
gptkbp:temperature ~5,818 K
gptkbp:variableStar no
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canis_Major
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6