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Comparison of the effective temperature and bolometric luminosity compared to evolutionary tracks for massive stars suggest its initial mass was 25 ± 10 M ☉ for a rotating star but current mass 15 M ☉ —or 32 M ☉ at first if non-rotating falling to present-day 19 M ☉, [3] and an age of 8.2 million years (Myr). [10]
Consequently, β Canis Majoris itself is known as 軍市一 (Jūn Shì yī, English: the First Star of Market for Soldiers). [17] From this Chinese name arose the name Kuen She. [11] The Dunhuang Star Chart noted β Canis Majoris as Yeji "Pheasant Cock", though was located about 10 degrees too far north of its correct position. [18]
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The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 [39] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Procyon for the star α Canis Minoris A. The two dog stars are referred to in the most ancient literature and were venerated by the Babylonians and the Egyptians, In Babylonian mythology, Procyon was known as ...
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The traditional name Chara was originally applied to the "southern dog", but it later became used specifically to refer to Beta Canum Venaticorum. Chara (χαρά) means 'joy' in Greek . [ 14 ] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [ 15 ] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars.
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Star name Temperature ()Spectral type Distance (light years) Notes WISE 0855–0714: 285 Y4 7.426 ± 0.039 [9]WISE 0336-0143B [10]: 295 ± 10 [11]: Y1? 32.7 [12]: spectral type is not yet published, but should be around Y1 if we assume MIRI F480M is similar to W2 and by using Figure 13 from Kirkpatrick et al. 2012 [13] Might be a later spectral type.