YZ Canis Minoris
Coordinates: 
07h 44m 40.17262s, +03° 33′ 08.8778″
07h 44m 40.17262s, +03° 33′ 08.8778″TESS data, adapted from Maehara et al.(2021).[1] The main plot shows both the periodic brightness variation and several flares. The inset plot shows the strongest flare with an expanded time scale. | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canis Minor |
| Right ascension | 07h 44m 40.17230s[2] |
| Declination | +03° 33′ 08.8752″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.15[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | M5 V[4] |
| B−V color index | 1.61[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 12.32[6] |
| Details | |
Myr | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
  YZ Location of YZ Canis Minoris in the constellation Canis Minor | |
YZ Canis Minoris is a red-hued
light years. Presently the star is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +26.5 km/s.[5] It made its closest approach some 162,000 years ago when it made perihelion passage at a distance of 10.2 ly.[14] YZ CMi is a potential member of the Beta Pictoris moving group.[15]
This is a
MK.[18]
References
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- ^ S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ S2CID 119237202. A13.
- ^ S2CID 17434970. 3.
- ^ S2CID 51814894.
- S2CID 119257644.
- ^ ISSN 0004-6361
- S2CID 117144290.
- ^ S2CID 118744016. 54.
- S2CID 55000202. 85.
- S2CID 62818673.
- S2CID 42042014. 245.
- ^ "YZ CMi". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- S2CID 59039482. A35.
- .
- ^ "First flares on a distant star". New Scientist: 305. February 4, 1982.
- ISBN 978-0-7923-0771-6.
- S2CID 117151984, A129
