CM Velorum (abbreviated to CM Vel) is a red supergiant located in the constellation of Vela. It is a slow irregular variable with an apparent magnitude that varies from 7.00 to 8.35.[2]

Physical properties

CM Velorum may be one of the largest known stars, with size estimates ranging from 1,048[4] to 1416 solar radii.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b "CM Vel". International Variable Star Index. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  3. ^ Khalatyan, A.; Anders, F.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B. A.; Nepal, S.; Dal Ponte, M.; Jordi, C.; Guiglion, G.; Valentini, M.; Torralba Elipe, G.; Steinmetz, M.; Pantaleoni-González, M.; Malhotra, S.; Jiménez-Arranz, Ó.; Enke, H.; Casamiquela, L.; Ardèvol, J. (2024). "Transferring spectroscopic stellar labels to 217 million Gaia DR3 XP stars with SHBoost". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691: A98. arXiv:2407.06963. Bibcode:2024A&A...691A..98K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451427.
  4. ^ a b c d Healy, Sarah; Horiuchi, Shunsaku; Colomer Molla, Marta; Milisavljevic, Dan; Tseng, Jeff; Bergin, Faith; Weil, Kathryn; Tanaka, Masaomi; Otero, Sebastián (2024). "Red supergiant candidates for multimessenger monitoring of the next Galactic supernova". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529 (4): 3630. arXiv:2307.08785. Bibcode:2024MNRAS.529.3630H. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae738.


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