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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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| Constellation | Canis Major |
| Right ascension | 06h56m 08.22459s[1] |
| Declination | −17° 03′ 15.259″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.40[2] (4.36 - 4.40[3]) |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B3 Ib[4] or B3 Ib/II[5] |
| U−B color index | −0.74[6] |
| B−V color index | −0.07[6] |
| Variable type | Beta Cephei?[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 41.75±0.43[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −3.547 mas/yr[1] Dec.: 3.19 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 0.9453 ± 0.1857 mas[1] |
| Distance | 3,100±130 ly (950±40 pc)[7] |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −5.51[8] |
| Details[7] | |
| Mass | 13.7±0.5 M☉ |
| Radius | 32±4 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 52,480 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.59±0.05 cgs |
| Temperature | 15,600±400 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.17[9] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 30±6 km/s |
| Age | 14.79+1.43 −1.30 Myr |
| Other designations | |
ι CMa, 20 Canis Majoris, BD−16°1661, FK5 2536, GC 9107, HD 51309, HIP 33347, HR 2596, SAO 152126 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Iota Canis Majoris, Latinized from ι Canis Majoris, is a solitary[10] variable supergiant star in the southern constellationofCanis Major. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that varies between +4.36 and +4.40.[3] The distance to this star is approximately 2,500 light years based on spectroscopic measurements.[7] It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +42 km/s.[1]
Iota Canis Majoris is a massive blue-white B-type supergiant with a stellar classification of B3 Ib.[4] It has been classified as a Beta Cephei type variable star,[3] but the supergiant spectral type and a period of over a day mean it is no longer considered to be of that type.[2] This star is 15 million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 30 km/s. It has 14 times more mass and 32 times the radius of the Sun. Iota Canis Majoris is radiating 52,000 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperatureof15,600 K.[7]
The star displays a bow shock feature from its interaction with the interstellar medium, but this nebulosity is not aligned with the star's motion through the galaxy.[11]
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