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Name
  FY CMa  
AAVSO UID
000-BBN-133 (21 observations)  
Constellation
Canis Major Sequence
J2000.0
07 26 59.48 -23 05 09.7  (111.74783 -23.08603) Search nearby
B1950.0 07 24 52.22 -22 59 02.9
Proper motion
RA: -7.76 +/- 0.25 mas/yDec: 4.82 +/- 0.34 mas/ySource: F. Van Leeuwen, 2007
Galactic coord. 237.411 -2.998
Other names

(Internal only)
AAVSO 0722-22 ASAS J072659-2305.2 BD-22 1874
CD-22 4526 CPD-22 2178 Cr 121 35
HD 58978 HIP 36168 HR 2855
MWC 179 PPM 252419 SAO 173752
TYC 6538-2654-1    
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Variability type
GCAS
Spectral type B0.5IVpe+sdO
Mag. range
4.8 - 6.25 V
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Epoch
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Remarks
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto Quiescent magnitude V= 5.6. In 2007 faded to V= 6.25 and then brightened to its historical brightest outburst that peaked in 2009 at V= 4.8. Hot subdwarf companion. Orbital period 37.255 d.
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References
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1 Peters, G. J., et al., 2008, Detection of a Hot Subdwarf Companion to the
Be Star FY Canis Majoris
2008ApJ...686.1280P
2 C. Koen, L. Eyer, 2002, MNRAS 331, 45 2002MNRAS.331...45K
3 The All Sky Automated Survey 2002AcA....52..397P
4 A.Feinstein, PASP 87, 603, 1975. 1975PASP...87..603F
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2MASS J = 5.48H = 5.38K = 5.14J - K = 0.34
AllWISE W1 = 5.66W2 = 5.44W3 = 5.34W4 = 4.69W1 - W2 = 0.22W3 - W4 = 0.66
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3 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2012-06-19 22:47 UTC Spectral type from 2008ApJ...686.1280P. Range from ASAS-3 data.
2 Admin, VSX 2010-01-05 04:43 UTC Position updated from the GCVS version of November 2009.
1 Admin, VSX 2005-12-18 01:33 UTC Initial upload.