WezenWezen or Delta Canis Majoris has just begun to leave the main sequence and started with fusioning hydrogen in its hull. It now glows as a yellow supergiant similar to Deneb.Constellation: Canis Major Age: 10 million years Distance: 1790 light-years Spectral class: F8 Visual magnitude: 1.83 Luminosity: 50 000 * Sun Mass: 17 * Sun Diameter: 200 * Sun Back: List of big and giant stars |
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