Beta Canis Majoris (β Canis Majoris, abbreviated Beta CMa, β CMa), also named Mirzam/ˈmɜːrzəm/,[13] is a star in the southern constellation of Canis Major, the "Great Dog", located at a distance of about 500 light-years (150 parsecs) from the Sun.[1] In the modern constellation it lies at the position of the dog's front leg.
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BetaCanisMajoris (β CanisMajoris, abbreviated Beta CMa, β CMa), also named Mirzam /ˈmɜːrzəm/, is a star in the southern constellation of Canis Major...
title CanisMajoris. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. CanisMajoris can refer...
is located only 1.3 degrees east of Delta CanisMajoris. As with the rest of Canis Major, Delta CanisMajoris is most visible in winter skies in the northern...
Beta Cephei variables, also known as BetaCanisMajoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations...
the night sky—Adhara (Epsilon CanisMajoris) shone at −3.99 around 4.7 million years ago, and Mirzam (BetaCanisMajoris) peaked at −3.65 around 4.42 million...
UW CanisMajoris is a star in the constellation Canis Major. It is classified as a Beta Lyrae eclipsing contact binary and given the variable star designation...
Zeta CanisMajoris, or ζ CanisMajoris, also named Furud /ˈfjʊərəd/, is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Canis Major. This system...
Lambda CanisMajoris (λ CanisMajoris) is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the constellation Canis Major. Lambda CMa is visible to the naked eye with...
Gamma CanisMajoris (γ CanisMajoris, abbreviated Gamma CMa, γ CMa), also named Muliphein /ˈmjuːlɪfeɪn/, is a star in the constellation of Canis Major...
Xi1 CanisMajoris, Latinized from ξ1 CanisMajoris, is a Beta Cephei variable star in the constellation Canis Major. It is approximately 1,400 light years...
27 CanisMajoris is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Canis Major, located approximately 1,700 light years away from the Sun. It has...
stars are meant to be placed (i.e. as found on a celestial globe). Thus Beta Crucis appears to the right of the constellation and Delta Crucis to the...
Tau CanisMajoris (τ CMa, τ CanisMajoris, 30 CMa) is a multiple star system in the constellation Canis Major. It is approximately 5,000 light years distant...
it as a Beta Cephei variable. (At the time he actually identified it as a BetaCanisMajoris star, which was subsequently designated a Beta Cephei variable...
Iota CanisMajoris, Latinized from ι CanisMajoris, is a solitary variable supergiant star in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It is visible...
Star 3.01 Psi Ursae Majoris Star 3.01 Gamma Gruis Star 3.01 Beta Capricorni Quintuple star system 3.02 2.97 Omicron2 CanisMajoris Star 3.03 2.88 Zeta...
pulsations, binarity, and stellar rotation. Beta Cephei (β Cep) variables (sometimes called BetaCanisMajoris variables, especially in Europe) undergo short...
15 CanisMajoris is a variable star in the southern constellation of Canis Major, located roughly 1,200 light years away from the Sun. It has the variable...
العُذْرَة Eta CanisMajoris Alula Australis, Alula Borealis (al-Qafzat) ul-Ūla' the First (Leap) القفزة الأولى Xi Ursae Majoris and Nu Ursae Majoris Alya al-Alyah...
S2CID 119231169. Balona, L. A.; Feast, M. W. (1975). "The luminosities of the betaCanisMajoris variables, the zero age main sequence and the distance of the Sco-Cen...
FN CanisMajoris is a binary star system in the southern constellation Canis Major, near the northern constellation border with Monoceros. It is dimly...
Beeckmans, F.; Burger, M. (December 1977). "Ultraviolet observations of betaCanisMajoris stars with the TD-1 A satellite". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 61:...
2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Shobbrook, R. R. (1972). "Two new BetaCanisMajoris variables: epsilon Cen and delta Lup". Monthly Notices of the Royal...
BetaCanisMajoris stars". Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. 84: 101. Bibcode:1977MmRAS..84..101B. Jakate, S. M. (1979). "A search for Beta Cephei...
CX CMa (CX CanisMajoris) is a blue variable star in the Canis Major constellation. Discovery of this variable is usually credited to German Astronomer...
Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S. Walker, M. F. (1952). "A search for stars of the betaCanisMajoris type". Astronomical Journal. 57: 227. Bibcode:1952AJ.....57..227W...
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