Adhara
Adhara
(ă-day -rah, -dah -) (∊ CMa) A very luminous remote blue-white giant that is the second brightest star in the constellation Canis Major. It is a visual binary star with an 8th-magnitude companion at a fixed separation of 8″. mv : 1.5; Mv : –4.8; spectral type: B2 II; distance: 175 pc.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
Adhara
[ə′där·ə] (astronomy)
A star of spectral type B2II. Also known as ε Canis Majoris.
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