AW Canis Majoris

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AW Canis Majoris

Summary

AW Canis Majoris is a Mira variable[1].

Key Facts

  • AW Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as Mira variable[2].
  • AW Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[3].
  • AW Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as near-infrared source[4].
  • AW Canis Majoris's constellation is recorded as Canis Major[5].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as AW CMa[6].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J07084289-2315193[7].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as RAVE J070842.9-231519[8].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 2927578424842990080[9].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as TIC 81832983[10].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as OGLE GD2374.20.06316[11].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as OGLE GD-LPV-169[12].
  • AW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR3 2927578424842990080[13].
  • AW Canis Majoris's type of variable star is recorded as long-period variable star[14].
  • AW Canis Majoris's type of variable star is recorded as Mira variable[15].
  • AW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.196'}[16].
  • AW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.320'}[17].
  • AW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+6.796'}[18].
  • AW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.876301'}[19].
  • AW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.667'}[20].
  • AW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.912'}[21].
  • AW Canis Majoris's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.1118'}[22].
  • AW Canis Majoris's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-748.31'}[23].
  • AW Canis Majoris's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11kzjsl7n6[24].
  • AW Canis Majoris's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* AW CMa[25].
  • AW Canis Majoris's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+107.17871931344001'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Mira variable[2], long-period variable star[3], and near-infrared source[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include AW CMa[6], 2MASS J07084289-2315193[7], RAVE J070842.9-231519[8], Gaia DR2 2927578424842990080[9], TIC 81832983[10], and OGLE GD2374.20.06316[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . The ASAS-SN Catalog of Variable Stars II: Uniform Classification of 412,000 Known Variables. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars: Nearly 66,000 Mira Stars in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars: Nearly 66,000 Mira Stars in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . The Sixth Data Release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). II. Stellar Atmospheric Parameters, Chemical Abundances, and Distances. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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