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colspan="2">Observation data<br /><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a> J2000.0      <a href="/wiki/Equinox_(celestial_coordinates)" title="Equinox (celestial coordinates)">Equinox</a> J2000.0 </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">Constellation</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Canis_Major" title="Canis Major">Canis Major</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">Right ascension</a></span> </th> <td><span class="nowrap">07<sup>h</sup> 16<sup>m</sup> 34.99315<sup>s</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Declination</a> </th> <td>−27° 52′ 52.2453″<sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a> (V)</span> </th> <td>4.66<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Characteristics </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Stellar_evolution" title="Stellar evolution">Evolutionary stage</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asymptotic_giant_branch" title="Asymptotic giant branch">AGB</a><sup id="cite_ref-Eggen1992_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggen1992-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Stellar_classification" title="Stellar classification">Spectral type</a> </th> <td>M2III<sup id="cite_ref-houk1979_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houk1979-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left">B−V <a href="/wiki/Color_index" title="Color index">color index</a> </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000158900000000000♠"></span>1.589<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.028</span><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Astrometry" title="Astrometry">Astrometry</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Radial_velocity" title="Radial velocity">Radial velocity</a> (R<sub>v</sub>)</b></td><td><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001415000000000000♠"></span>+41.5<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>2.8</span><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> km/s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Proper_motion" title="Proper motion">Proper motion</a> (μ)</b></td><td> <abbr title="Right Ascension">RA:</abbr> −13.479<sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Milliarcsecond" class="mw-redirect" title="Milliarcsecond">mas</a>/<a href="/wiki/Year" title="Year">yr</a> <br /> <abbr title="Declination">Dec.:</abbr> +38.625<sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Milliarcsecond" class="mw-redirect" title="Milliarcsecond">mas</a>/<a href="/wiki/Year" title="Year">yr</a> </td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stellar_parallax" title="Stellar parallax">Parallax</a> (π)</b></td><td>8.3189 ± 0.2874 <a href="/wiki/Milliarcsecond" class="mw-redirect" title="Milliarcsecond">mas</a><sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Distance_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distance (astronomy)">Distance</a></b></td><td>390 ± 10 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">ly</a> <br />(120 ± 4 <a href="/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec">pc</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Absolute magnitude</a> (M<sub>V</sub>)</b></td><td>−0.80<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Radius" title="Radius">Radius</a></b></td><td><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001611000000000000♠"></span>61.1<span style="margin-left:0.3em;"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:85%;text-align:right;">+7.3<br />−6.9</span></span></span><sup 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style="margin-left:0.3em;"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:85%;text-align:right;">+233<br />−209</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kelvin" title="Kelvin">K</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue">Other designations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="width: 250px;"> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cordoba_Durchmusterung" class="mw-redirect" title="Cordoba Durchmusterung">CD</a>−27°3852</span>, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Fundamental_Catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Fundamental Catalogue">FK5</a> 2562, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">HD</a> 56618, <a href="/wiki/Hipparcos_Catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Hipparcos Catalogue">HIP</a> 35205, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Revised_catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard Revised catalogue">HR</a> 2766, <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory_Star_Catalog" title="Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog">SAO</a> 173360<sup id="cite_ref-SIMBAD_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIMBAD-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Database references</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/SIMBAD" title="SIMBAD">SIMBAD</a></b></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HD+56618">data</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HD 56618</b> is a single<sup id="cite_ref-Eggleton2008_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggleton2008-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">star</a> in the southern <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canis_Major" title="Canis Major">Canis Major</a>. It is a red-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an <a href="/wiki/Apparent_visual_magnitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Apparent visual magnitude">apparent visual magnitude</a> of 4.66.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This object is located at a distance of approximately 390 <a href="/wiki/Light_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Light year">light years</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Stellar_parallax" title="Stellar parallax">parallax</a> measurements. It is drifting further away with a <a href="/wiki/Radial_velocity" title="Radial velocity">radial velocity</a> of +41.5 km/s,<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having come to within 203 light-years some 2.2 million years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Olin_J._Eggen" title="Olin J. Eggen">Olin J. Eggen</a> listed it as a probable member of the <a href="/wiki/Hyades_Stream" title="Hyades Stream">Hyades supercluster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eggen1985_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggen1985-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This is an aging <a href="/wiki/Red_giant" title="Red giant">red giant</a> star currently on the <a href="/wiki/Asymptotic_giant_branch" title="Asymptotic giant branch">asymptotic giant branch</a><sup id="cite_ref-Eggen1992_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggen1992-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a <a href="/wiki/Stellar_classification" title="Stellar classification">stellar classification</a> of M2III.<sup id="cite_ref-houk1979_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houk1979-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is no longer undergoing <a href="/wiki/Stellar_core" title="Stellar core">core</a> <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_fusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrogen fusion">hydrogen fusion</a> and has expanded to 61<sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> times the <a href="/wiki/Radius_of_the_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="Radius of the Sun">radius of the Sun</a>. The star is radiating 700<sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> times the <a href="/wiki/Luminosity_of_the_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="Luminosity of the Sun">luminosity of the Sun</a> from its enlarged <a href="/wiki/Photosphere" title="Photosphere">photosphere</a> at an <a href="/wiki/Effective_temperature" title="Effective temperature">effective temperature</a> of 3,797 K.<sup id="cite_ref-GaiaDR2_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GaiaDR2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HD_56618&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R_Canis_Majoris" title="R Canis Majoris">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_Canis_Majoris" title="W Canis Majoris">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z_Canis_Majoris" title="Z Canis Majoris">Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UW_Canis_Majoris" title="UW Canis Majoris">UW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris" title="VY Canis Majoris">VY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CX_Canis_Majoris" title="CX Canis Majoris">CX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EZ_Canis_Majoris" title="EZ Canis Majoris">EZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FN_Canis_Majoris" title="FN Canis Majoris">FN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FS_Canis_Majoris" title="FS Canis Majoris">FS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FY_Canis_Majoris" title="FY Canis Majoris">FY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LS_Canis_Majoris" title="LS Canis Majoris">LS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NR_Canis_Majoris" title="NR Canis Majoris">NR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_43162" title="HD 43162">V352</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Bright_Star_Catalogue" title="Bright Star Catalogue">HR</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_43162" title="HD 43162">2225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_45184" title="HD 45184">2318</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_47366" title="HD 47366">2437</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_47536" title="HD 47536">2447</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_47667" title="HD 47667">2450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_56405" title="HD 56405">2758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/145_G._Canis_Majoris" title="145 G. 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