Pi Canis Majoris
Binary star system in the constellation Canis Major
Pi Canis Majoris (π Canis Majoris; Latin for 'Greater Dog') is a binary star [ 9] system in the southern constellation of Canis Major . It is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +4.69.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 33.80 mas as seen from Earth,[ 1] this system is located 96.5 light years from the Sun . The star is moving in the general direction of the Sun with a radial velocity of −37.9 km/s. It will make its closest approach in around 733,000 years when it comes within 23 ly (7 pc).[ 4]
The brighter primary, component A, is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F1.5 V.[ 3] It is a periodic variable star with a frequency of 11.09569 cycles per day (2.16 hours per cycle) and an amplitude of 0.0025 in magnitude.[ 10] The star has an estimated 1.32[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating nine[ 7] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 6,863 K.[ 6] It displays a strong infrared excess at a wavelength of 24 μm and a weaker excess at 70 μm, indicating the presence of a circumstellar disk of dust with a temperature of 188 K, orbiting at 6.7 AU from the host star.[ 11]
The magnitude 9.6 companion, component B, lies at an angular separation of 11.6 arc seconds from the primary as of 2008.[ 9] Their projected separation is about 339 AU.[ 11]
In popular culture
This star is the origin of the alien crystal, and the destination of starship Salvare, on Netflix show Another Life .
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References
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