GW Canis Majoris

long period variable
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GW Canis Majoris

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • GW Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[2].
  • GW Canis Majoris's constellation is recorded as Canis Major[3].
  • GW Canis Majoris's spectral class is recorded as M5[4].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as TYC 6536-3048-1[5].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as CD-28 3968[6].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as CPD-28 1766[7].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as CSV 983[8].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as IRC -30078[9].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as PPM 251816[10].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as RAFGL 1082[11].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as SAO 173150[12].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as SV* SON 4872[13].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as YZ 119 3702[14].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J07110786-2907171[15].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5606380584255662208[16].
  • GW Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as GW CMa[17].
  • GW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.02'}[18].
  • GW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.43'}[19].
  • GW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2.32'}[20].
  • GW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.373'}[21].
  • GW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1.001'}[22].
  • GW Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+6.6805'}[23].
  • GW Canis Majoris's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+2.3453'}[24].
  • GW Canis Majoris's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+426.3847'}[25].
  • GW Canis Majoris's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11k1mh2p1z[26].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Catalog codes include TYC 6536-3048-1[5], CD-28 3968[6], CPD-28 1766[7], CSV 983[8], IRC -30078[9], and PPM 251816[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] . SIMBAD. 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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). 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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