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Nu2 Canis Majoris

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Nu2 Canis Majoris

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Also known as 7 Canis Majoris, HD 47205, v2 Canis Majoris, Nu2 CMa, 7 CMa, v2 CMa, GJ 9214, GJ 239.1

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
PM*
Spectral type
K1.5III-IVFe1
Distance
67 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.000008572633991565937
Coordinates
RA 99.1710° · Dec -19.2559°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Canis Major
Distance from Earth
19.8101
Diameter
6820000
Radius
4.87
Mass
1.34
Orbital period
988.9
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catalog code
UBV M 12277
apparent magnitude
3.673236
effective temperature
4826
parallax
48.849
radial velocity
2.7
spectral class
K0III
epoch
J2000.0
metallicity
0.21
stellar rotational velocity
2.72
surface gravity
1130
absolute magnitude
-0.05
luminosity
12.814274
right ascension component of proper motion
64
declination component of proper motion
-76
right ascension
99.17099032848041
declination
-19.25588040351555
time of periapsis
2454093
orbital eccentricity
0.046
semi-major axis of an orbit
2.143
argument of periapsis
226.6
M sin i
0.906
age estimated by a dating method
4.3
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