Difference between revisions of "Canopus"

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  | class=F0&nbsp;II<ref name="Ducati 2002"/> or F0&nbsp;Ib<ref name=desouza/>
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  | class=F5&nbsp;IV (original: F0&nbsp;II)
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  | radial_v=20.3<ref name="Gontcharov 2007">{{cite journal | title=Pullkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 39495 Hipparcos stars in a common system | url=http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?2006AstL...32..759G&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1 | last1=Gontcharov | first1=G. A. | journal=Astronomy Letters | volume=32 | issue=1 | pages=759–771 | date=2007 | bibcode=2006AstL...32..759G | doi=
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  | distance=421.522
10.1134/S1063773706110065}} [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-ref=VIZ53e6b5f60fbd&-out.add=.&-source=III/252/table8&recno=9232 Vizier catalog entry ]</ref>
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  | posx=147.166
  | prop_mo_ra=19.99<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
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  | posy=394.997
  | prop_mo_dec=23.67<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
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| parallax=10.43
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| parallax_footnote=<ref name="van Leeuwen2007"/>
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| p_error=0.53
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| absmag_v=–5.65<ref group="n">The absolute magnitude of a star with little to no [[extinction (astronomy)|extinction]] can be calculated using the formula <math> M = m + 5 (1 + \log_{10}{p})\!\,</math>, where <math>M</math> is the star's absolute magnitude, <math>m</math> is the star's apparent magnitude, and <math>p</math> is the star's measured parallax in arcseconds.</ref>
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Revision as of 16:14, 29 January 2015

Canopus
Characteristics
Spectral type F5 IV (original: F0 II)
Astrometry
Jump map pos 147.166 / 394.997
Distance
(from Sol)
421.522 ly


Details
Mass 9.0–10.6<ref name="detail"/> M
Radius Template:Nowrap<ref name=desouza/> R
Luminosity 15,100<ref name="detail"/> L
Temperature 7,350<ref name="Desikachary82"/> K
Other designations
Suhayl, Suhel, Suhail, Alpha Carinae, CD−52°914, FK5 245, GC 8302, HD 45348, HIP 30438, HR 2326, SAO 234480

Name: Canopus, Alpha Carinae Age: ~2,9 billion years Stellar Classification: F5 IV Mass: 4,050,000,000 Yg (2.036 M☉) Luminosity: 8,936 YW (23.2364 L☉) Effective temperature: 6653 K Diameter: 5051 Mm (3.629 d☉) Habitable zone: 3.011 AU to 7.323 AU Recharge stations: Nadir Safe jump distance: 27.267 AU Solar sail recharge time: 176 hours (7.33 days)