DR Canis Majoris

long period variable
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DR Canis Majoris

Summary

DR Canis Majoris is a long-period variable star[1].

Key Facts

  • DR Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[2].
  • DR Canis Majoris's constellation is recorded as Canis Major[3].
  • DR Canis Majoris's spectral class is recorded as M5[4].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as AN 167.1931[5].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as CSV 1030[6].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as GSC 05966-00512[7].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 07201-1513[8].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J07222412-1519323[9].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 3031185096287784064[10].
  • DR Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as DR CMa[11].
  • DR Canis Majoris's type of variable star is recorded as slow irregular variables of late spectral types[12].
  • DR Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+6.551'}[13].
  • DR Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5.621'}[14].
  • DR Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5.285'}[15].
  • DR Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.8998'}[16].
  • DR Canis Majoris's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.5088'}[17].
  • DR Canis Majoris's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+58.45'}[18].
  • DR Canis Majoris's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11kx2q1jkj[19].
  • DR Canis Majoris's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* DR CMa[20].
  • DR Canis Majoris's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+110.60052551514620'}[21].
  • DR Canis Majoris's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-15.32563050850700'}[22].
  • DR Canis Majoris's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[23].
  • DR Canis Majoris's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+0.996'}[24].
  • DR Canis Majoris's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+1.902'}[25].
  • DR Canis Majoris's Gaia ID is recorded as 3031185096287784064[26].

Body

Designation and Status

DR Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[2].

History and Context

Catalog codes include AN 167.1931[5], CSV 1030[6], GSC 05966-00512[7], IRAS 07201-1513[8], 2MASS J07222412-1519323[9], and Gaia DR2 3031185096287784064[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . IRAS Point Sources of flux at 12 microns greater than flux at 25 microns and falling within about 7 degrees of the Galactic Plane. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . SIMBAD. 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] . General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 3rd ed.. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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