Wezen

E506485

Wezen is a bright supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, notable as one of its most luminous members.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wezen canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf luminous supergiant ⓘ
star ⓘ
yellow-white supergiant ⓘ
belongsToGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
evolvesFrom massive main-sequence star ⓘ
evolvesTo red supergiant ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitude_V −6.9 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Delta Canis Majoris ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitude 1.83 ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation δ Canis Majoris ⓘ
linked to: Delta Canis Majoris
hasColorIndex_BV +0.67 ⓘ
hasDeclination −26° 23′ 36″ ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly ~1600 ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc ~490 ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature_K ~5800 ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation Delta Canis Majoris ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude_deg −11 ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude_deg 238 ⓘ
hasHDNumber HD 54605 ⓘ
hasHIPNumber HIP 34444 ⓘ
hasHRNumber HR 2693 ⓘ
hasLuminosity_solar ~50,000 ⓘ
hasMass_solar ~17 ⓘ
hasNameOrigin derived from Arabic "al-wazn" meaning "the weight" ⓘ
hasParallax_mas ~2.0 ⓘ
hasProperMotion_Dec_mas_per_yr +4 ⓘ
hasProperMotion_RA_mas_per_yr −3 ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity_km_per_s ~34 ⓘ
hasRadius_solar ~200 ⓘ
hasRightAscension 07h 08m 23s ⓘ
hasSpectralType F8Iab ⓘ
hasStellarClassification F-type supergiant ⓘ
isAmongMostLuminousIn Canis Major ⓘ
isCatalogedIn Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
isInHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
isLargerThan the Sun ⓘ
isMoreLuminousThan the Sun ⓘ
isMoreMassiveThan the Sun ⓘ
isPartOfAsterism Canis Major main figure ⓘ
isVisibleToNakedEye true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Canis Major ⓘ
willEndAs core-collapse supernova ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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