Omega Canis Majoris

ω Canis Majoris
Location of ω Canis Majoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Canis Major[1]
Right ascension 07h 14m 48.654s[2]
Declination −26° 46′ 21.60″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.60 to 4.18[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B2.5Ve[4]
U−B color index −0.73[5]
B−V color index −0.14[5]
Variable type γ Cas[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)23.2±2.4[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −11.617 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: +8.109 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)3.5610±0.1524 mas[2]
Distance920 ± 40 ly
(280 ± 10 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−3.21[1]
Details
Mass10.1±0.7[7] M☉
Radius6.2[8] R☉
Luminosity13,081[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.5[10] cgs
Temperature21,878[10] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)80[11] km/s
Age22.5±2.6[7] Myr
Other designations
ω CMa, 28 Canis Majoris, CD−26°4073, GC 9625, HD 56139, HIP 35037, HR 2749, SAO 173282[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Omega Canis Majoris is a solitary,[13] blue-white-hued star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Major. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ω Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Omega CMa or ω CMa. This star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of about 4. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.56 mas as seen from Earth,[2] this system is located roughly 920 light-years (280 pc) away from the Sun. It is drifting further away with a line of sight velocity of 23 km/s.[6]

Properties

A visual band light curve for Omega Canis Majoris, adapted from Štefl et al. (2003)[14]

This star has a stellar classification of B2.5Ve, indicating it is a main sequence Be star, although it has also been classified as a subgiant.[15] One of the most observed Be stars of the Southern Hemisphere,[16] Omega Canis Majoris is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae-type variable star.[3] Both the luminosity and the radial velocity vary with a primary cyclical period of 1.372 days.[17] The variation in brightness, ranging from magnitude +3.60 to +4.18,[3] shows changes over time, which suggests there are two overlapping periods of 1.37 and 1.49 days. The star also undergoes transient periodicities following outbursts.[18][11]

This is a massive star with ten[7] times the mass of the Sun and 6.2[8] times the Sun's radius. At an estimated age of 22.5 million years,[7] it is radiating 13,081[9] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 21,878 K.[10] The star is being viewed nearly pole on, so the measured projected rotational velocity of 80 km/s is only a fraction of the true equatorial velocity, estimated as 350 km/s. It is surrounded by a symmetric circumstellar decretion disk of material that is being heated by the star, which in turn is inserting emission lines into the combined spectrum.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. XHIP record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023), "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 674: A1, arXiv:2208.00211, Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940, S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ 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.
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  6. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2006), "Pulkovo compilation of radial velocities for 35495 stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, S2CID 119231169.
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  8. ^ a b Underhill, A. B.; et al. (November 1979), "Effective temperatures, angular diameters, distances and linear radii for 160 O and B stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 189 (3): 601–605, Bibcode:1979MNRAS.189..601U, doi:10.1093/mnras/189.3.601
  9. ^ a b Hohle, M. M.; et al. (April 2010), "Masses and luminosities of O- and B-type stars and red supergiants", Astronomische Nachrichten, 331 (4): 349, arXiv:1003.2335, Bibcode:2010AN....331..349H, doi:10.1002/asna.200911355, S2CID 111387483.
  10. ^ a b c Soubiran, C.; et al. (June 2010), "The PASTEL catalogue of stellar parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 515: A111, arXiv:1004.1069, Bibcode:2010A&A...515A.111S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014247, S2CID 118362423.
  11. ^ a b c Stefl, S.; et al. (February 2010), "The 2008+ outburst of the Be star 28 CMa", in Rivinius, Th.; Curé, M. (eds.), The Interferometric View on Hot Stars, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Serie de Conferencias, vol. 38, pp. 89–91, Bibcode:2010RMxAC..38...89S.
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  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Štefl, S.; et al. (April 2003). "Stellar and circumstellar activity of the Be star ω CMa I. Line and continuum emission in 1996–2002" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 402: 253–265. Bibcode:2003A&A...402..253S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030224. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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  16. ^ Ghoreyshi, M. R.; et al. (November 2016), "Modeling the Complete Lightcurve of ω CMa", in Sigut, T. A. A.; Jones, C. E. (eds.), Bright Emissaries: Be Stars as Messengers of Star-Disk Physics, Proceedings of a Meeting held at The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada, 11-13 August 2014, vol. 506, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 315, arXiv:1506.08902, Bibcode:2016ASPC..506..315G.
  17. ^ Harmanec, P. (June 1998), "On the nature of the Be phenomenon. I. The case of omega Canis Majoris", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 334: 558–570, Bibcode:1998A&A...334..558H.
  18. ^ Štefl, S.; et al. (2000), "Tracing the Transient Periods in the Be Star 28 ω CMa", in Smith, Myron A.; Henrichs, Huib F. (eds.), The Be Phenomenon in Early-Type Stars, IAU Colloquium 175, ASP Conference Proceedings, vol. 214, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 240, Bibcode:2000ASPC..214..240S, ISBN 1-58381-045-5.
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