Sigma Canis Majoris

Sigma Canis Majoris (σ Canis Majoris, abbreviated Sigma CMa, σ CMa), also named Unurgunite /ˌʌnərˈɡʌnaɪt/,[12] is a variable star in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It is approximately 1,120 light-years (340 parsecs) from the Sun and has an average apparent visual magnitude of +3.41.

σ Canis Majoris
Location of σ Canis Majoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Canis Major
Right ascension 07h 01m 43.14779s[1]
Declination –27° 56′ 05.3898″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.43 - 3.51[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K4 III[3]
U−B color index +1.88[4]
B−V color index +1.73[4]
Variable type LC[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+22.11[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –3.047[6] mas/yr
Dec.: +4.08[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.95 ± 0.44[6] mas
Distanceapprox. 1,700 ly
(approx. 500 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)–5.14[7]
Details
Mass12.3 ± 0.1[8] M☉
Radius399[9] R☉
Luminosity24,900 - 27,300[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.00[10] cgs
Temperature3,710±170[9] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.16[10] dex
Age16.4 ± 0.5[8] Myr
Other designations
Unurgunite, 22 Canis Majoris, ADS 5719, CD −27°3544, FK5 1183, HD 52877, HIP 33856, HR 2646, SAO 172797.[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nomenclature

σ Canis Majoris (Latinised to Sigma Canis Majoris) is the system's Bayer designation. The star is identified with the nganurganity [ˈŋanuɾˌɡ̊aniɟ̊] "Jacky lizard"[13] in the culture of the Boorong, a clan of the indigenous Maligundidj people of northwestern Victoria in Australia, who saw it as an ancestral figure who fights the moon, flanked by his wives (the stars Delta and Epsilon Canis Majoris).[11][14] The name was transcribed by settler William Stanbridge as "Unurgunite" in the 1850s. (Initial ng-, which does not occur in English, was typically ignored in transcription of that era.) In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[15] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Unurgunite for this star on 5 September 2017 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[12]

Properties

Sigma Canis Majoris is a supergiant star with a stellar classification of K4 III. This is a type of star that is in the late stages of its evolution, having consumed the hydrogen at its core and ballooned out to 399 times the Sun's radius. At 1.86 Astronomical units,[16] this radius is nearly double the average distance of the Earth from the Sun.[9] It is currently radiating more than 20,000[17] times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of around 3,710 K.[9] This gives it the cool orange-red hue of an M-type star.[18]

Variability

Sigma Canis Majoris was noted as a likely variable star in a list of bright southern stars studied at the Cape Observatory.[19] The variability was confirmed in 1963,[20] and it was formally catalogued as a variable star.[21]

It is classified as an irregular variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +3.43 to +3.51. The magnetic field of this star has a strength below 1 G.[22] It is suspected of being a member of the Collinder 121 stellar association of co-moving stars,[7] but this is disputed.[23]

Pre-supernova

Sigma Canis Majoris is listed as a possible type II supernova. Instruments are capable of measuring the pre-supernova neutrino flux which would act as an alert that the supernova explosion was starting.[24]

References
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  13. Literally "waddy-tailed goanna", from nganurr 'black goanna' + gani 'waddy' + genitive suffix -ity/-itj.
  14. "IAU Approves 86 New Star Names From Around the World" (Press release). IAU.org. 11 December 2017.
  15. "IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)". Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  16. 1 solar radius = 0.0046491 Astronomical Units, so 420 × 0.00465 = 1.86.
  17. Mallik, Sushma V. (December 1999), "Lithium abundance and mass", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 352: 495–507, Bibcode:1999A&A...352..495M
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  23. de Zeeuw, P. T.; et al. (January 1999), "A HIPPARCOS Census of the Nearby OB Associations", The Astronomical Journal, 117 (1): 354–399, arXiv:astro-ph/9809227, Bibcode:1999AJ....117..354D, doi:10.1086/300682, S2CID 16098861
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