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Adhara

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Adhara (ădhâr`ə), bright star in the constellation Canis Major Canis Major (kā`nĭs) [Lat.,=greater dog], constellation lying near the celestial equator, SE of Orion.
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; Bayer designation ε Canis Majoris; 1992 position R.A. 6h58.3m, Dec. −31°54'. A bluish-white giant (spectral class B2 II) with apparent magnitude magnitude, in astronomy, measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial object. The stars cataloged by Ptolemy (2d cent. A.D.), all visible with the unaided eye, were ranked on a brightness scale such that the brightest stars were of 1st magnitude and the
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 1.5, it is one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky. Adhara is a visual binary star binary star or binary system, pair of stars that are held together by their mutual gravitational attraction and revolve about their common center of mass.
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 with combined luminosity about 8,000 times that of the sun; its distance is about 700 light-years. The name is from the Arabic meaning "virgin."
Adhara [ə′där·ə]
(astronomy)
A star of spectral type B2II. Also known as ε Canis Majoris.


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