A light curve for YZ Canis Minoris from 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.
Location of YZ Canis Minoris in the constellation Canis Minor
YZ Canis Minoris is a red-hued star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor. With an apparent visual magnitude of 11.15,[3] it is much too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. The distance to YZ CMi can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 167 mas, yielding a value of 19.5 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]
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