Mirzam

E506483

Mirzam is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, known as one of the prominent stars near Sirius in the winter sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mirzam canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Beta Cephei variable ⓘ
star ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV −4.0 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beta Canis Majoris ⓘ
β CMa ⓘ
β Canis Majoris ⓘ
linked to: Beta Canis Majoris
apparentMagnitudeV 1.98 ⓘ
bayerDesignation β Canis Majoris ⓘ
linked to: Beta Canis Majoris
BDNumber BD−18 1426 ⓘ
belongsToAsterism Canis Major (the Greater Dog) ⓘ
linked to: Canis Major
color blue-white ⓘ
constellation Canis Major ⓘ
declination −17° 57′ 21.3″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly ~500 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc ~150 ⓘ
dominantFusionProcess CNO cycle ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K ~23,000 ⓘ
epoch J2000.0 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage giant or bright giant ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 15 Canis Majoris ⓘ
linked to: Beta Canis Majoris
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasCompanion no well-established close stellar companion ⓘ
HDNumber HD 44743 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility Southern sky ⓘ
HIPNumber HIP 30324 ⓘ
HRNumber HR 2294 ⓘ
IAUApprovedName Mirzam ⓘ
locationRelativeToSirius near Sirius in the winter sky ⓘ
luminosity_solar ~26,000 ⓘ
mass_solar ~13 ⓘ
name Mirzam ⓘ
notableFor being a prototype Beta Cephei variable star ⓘ
being one of the brightest stars in Canis Major ⓘ
parallax_mas ~6.5 ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s +33 ⓘ
radius_solar ~13 ⓘ
rightAscension 06h 22m 41.986s ⓘ
SIMBADIdentifier bet CMa ⓘ
spectralType B1II–III ⓘ
traditionalNameMeaning the herald ⓘ
traditionalNameOrigin Arabic ⓘ
variabilityAmplitude_mag ~0.03 ⓘ
variabilityPeriod_hours ~6 ⓘ
variableType Beta Cephei ⓘ
visibleInSeason northern winter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Major → contains → Mirzam ⓘ
Mirzam → name → Mirzam ⓘ
Mirzam → IAUApprovedName → Mirzam ⓘ