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Theta Canis Majoris

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Theta Canis Majoris
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Theta Canis Majoris is a solitary,[9] orange-hued star near the northern edge[10] of the constellation Canis Major, forming the nose of the "dog".[11] Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from θ Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Theta CMa or θ CMa. The star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.08.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.07 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located about 270 light years distant. The star is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +96.2 km/s.[5]

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This is a evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III,[2] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then expanded. Theta Canis Majoris is 5% less massive than the Sun,[5] but has grown to 33 times the Sun's girth.[7] This star is around ten billion years old,[5] over twice the age of the Solar System.[12] It radiates 305 times the Sun's luminosity from its expanded photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,200 K.[7] This temperature gives it the cool orange hue of a K-type star.[13]

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