Procyon
(brightest star in Canis Minor)
Procyon is the
seventh brightest star in the night sky,
a binary star with a main sequence star of
spectral type F5 IV-V (Procyon A) and
a white dwarf of type DQZ (Procyon B).
It is one of our nearest neighbors.
Characteristics (Procyon A):
(star,nearby star,bright star,binary star)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procyon
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=procyon
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 3pc | 11ly | | Procyon |
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Coordinates: | Procyon J073918.11950+051329.9552 |
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Referenced by page:
F-type star (F)
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