V340 Canis Majoris

carbon star in the constellation Canis Major
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V340 Canis Majoris

Summary

V340 Canis Majoris is a carbon star[1].

Key Facts

  • V340 Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as carbon star[2].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as infrared source[3].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as long-period variable star[4].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's instance of is recorded as near-infrared source[5].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's constellation is recorded as Canis Major[6].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's spectral class is recorded as C[7].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as CGCS 1677[8].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as GSC 06549-01216[9].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 07196-2851[10].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J07213670-2857427[11].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as RAVE J072136.7-285743[12].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 5606573999515638912[13].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as V340 CMa[14].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR3 5606573999529293440[15].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's catalog code is recorded as TIC 106840271[16].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's type of variable star is recorded as long-period variable star[17].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's type of variable star is recorded as semiregular variable star[18].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}[19].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.183'}[20].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+6.118'}[21].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5.610'}[22].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.654738'}[23].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.0827'}[24].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+113.51'}[25].
  • V340 Canis Majoris's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.465'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include carbon star[2], infrared source[3], long-period variable star[4], and near-infrared source[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include CGCS 1677[8], GSC 06549-01216[9], IRAS 07196-2851[10], 2MASS J07213670-2857427[11], RAVE J072136.7-285743[12], and Gaia DR2 5606573999515638912[13].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . A study of H-alpha emission objects in the Southern Milky Way. 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] . A First Catalog of Variable Stars Measured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . SIMBAD. 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 Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . The Sixth Data Release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). II. Stellar Atmospheric Parameters, Chemical Abundances, and Distances. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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