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10 Canis Majoris

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10 Canis Majoris

A light curve for FT Canis Majoris from Hipparcos data, adapted from Lefèvre et al. (2009)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Canis Major
Right ascension 06h 44m 28.46710s[2]
Declination −31° 04′ 13.8923″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.23[3] (5.13–5.44)[4]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2 V[5] or B2 IIIe[6]
B−V color index −0.127±0.005[3]
Variable type Be[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+34.0±4.2[7] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −3.286[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +4.201[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.6454 ± 0.0722 mas[2]
Distance1,980 ± 90 ly
(610 ± 30 pc)
Details
Mass19.2±0.1[8] M☉
Radius10.0[9] R☉
Luminosity44,463+35,336
−19,689[10] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.76±0.17[10] cgs
Temperature25,350±1,030[10] K
Rotation2.63 d[11]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)205±5[12] km/s
Age8.2±0.1[8] Myr
Other designations
10 CMa, FT Canis Majoris, CD−30°3484, GC 8827, HD 48917, HIP 32292, HR 2492, SAO 197149, CCDM 06445-3104, WDS J06445-3104[13]
Database references
SIMBADdata

10 Canis Majoris is a single[14] variable star in the southern constellation of Canis Major,[13] located roughly 1,980 light years away from the Sun.[2] It has the variable star designation FT Canis Majoris; 10 Canis Majoris is the Flamsteed designation. This body is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 5.23.[3] It is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +34 km/s.[7]

This is a massive Be star[9] with a stellar classification of B2 V,[5] matching a B-type main-sequence star. Hiltner et al. (1969) found a giant class of B2 IIIe,[6] which is still in use with some studies.[14][4] The star is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 205 km/s[12] and a rotational period of 2.63 days.[11] This is giving it an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 5% larger than the polar radius.[15] The axis of rotation is inclined by an angle of 45° to the line of sight from the Earth.[9] Samus et al. (2017) classify it as a Be-type variable star that ranges from a peak visual magnitude of 5.13 down to 5.44 with a rotationally-modulated period of 2.63 days.[4][11]

10 Canis Majoris is 8.2[8] million years old with 19.2[8] times the mass of the Sun and 10[9] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating around 44,000[10] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 25,000 K.[10] There is a magnitude 12.58 visual companion at an angular separation of 37.3″ along a position angle of 99°, as of 2015.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Lefèvre, L.; Marchenko, S. V.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Acker, A. (November 2009), "A systematic study of variability among OB-stars based on HIPPARCOS photometry", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 507 (2): 1141–1201, Bibcode:2009A&A...507.1141L, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912304.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  4. ^ a b c d Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports, 5.1, 61 (1): 80–88, Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S, doi:10.1134/s1063772917010085, S2CID 125853869.
  5. ^ a b Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1982mcts.book.....H.
  6. ^ a b Hiltner, W. A.; et al. (July 1969), "MK Spectral Types for Bright Southern OB Stars", Astrophysical Journal, 157: 313–326, Bibcode:1969ApJ...157..313H, doi:10.1086/150069.
  7. ^ a b de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
  8. ^ a b c d Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, S2CID 118629873.
  9. ^ a b c d Zorec, J.; et al. (July 2007), "Be star disc characteristics near the central object", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 470 (1): 239–247, Bibcode:2007A&A...470..239Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066615, hdl:11336/38181.
  10. ^ a b c d e Zorec, J.; et al. (November 2016), "Critical study of the distribution of rotational velocities of Be stars. I. Deconvolution methods, effects due to gravity darkening, macroturbulence, and binarity", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 595: 26, Bibcode:2016A&A...595A.132Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628760, hdl:11336/37946.
  11. ^ a b c Balona, L. A.; et al. (February 1992), "Intensive photometry of southern Be variables. II - Summer objects", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 92 (3): 533–563, Bibcode:1992A&AS...92..533B.
  12. ^ a b Chauville, J.; Zorec, J.; Ballereau, D.; Morrell, N.; Cidale, L.; Garcia, A. (November 2001), "High and intermediate-resolution spectroscopy of Be stars 4481 lines", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 378: 861–882, Bibcode:2001A&A...378..861C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011202, hdl:11336/36962.
  13. ^ a b "10 CMa", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved April 27, 2019.
  14. ^ a b Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
  15. ^ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012), "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars", The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 20 (1): 51, arXiv:1204.2572, Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V, doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2, S2CID 119273474.
  16. ^ Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466–3471, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920.
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