Proper noun
Wezen
(astronomy) Delta Canis Majoris, the third-brightest star in the constellation of Canis Majoris.
It contains about 60 stars, of which Tau Canis Majoris is the brightest member.sfn Located around 3 degrees northeast of Wezen, it covers an area around 12 light-years in diameter, though the stars appear huddled around Tau when seen through binoculars. Source: Internet
It is a yellow-white supergiant of spectral type F8Iab and magnitude 1.84, around 1605 light-years from Earth. citation With a traditional name meaning "the weight", Wezen is 17 times as massive and 50,000 times as luminous as the Sun. Source: Internet
Its traditional name means "the virgins", having been transferred from the group of stars to Epsilon alone. citation Nearby is Delta Canis Majoris, also called Wezen. Source: Internet
Only around 10 million years old, Wezen has stopped fusing hydrogen in its core. Source: Internet