HD 57821
Star in the constellation Canis Major
HD 57821 is a single[ 9] star in the southern constellation of Canis Major . It has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.94.[ 2] Based on parallax measurements, the distance to this object is approximately 480 light years . It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +33 km/s, having come to within 71 light-years some 4.3 million years ago.[ 2]
The stellar classification of this star is B5 II/III,[ 4] which matches the spectrum of a giant /bright giant although stellar models suggest it may still be on the main sequence .[ 3] It has over four[ 3] times the mass of the Sun and is 291[ 7] million years old. The star has a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 116 km/s.[ 3] It is radiating around 489[ 3] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,445 K .[ 3]
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^ 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 .