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Procyon (prō`sēŏn'), brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor Canis Minor [Lat.,=lesser dog], small constellation ying near the celestial equator, E of Orion and NE of Canis Major, the Large Dog. Known as the Small Dog, Canis Minor is traditionally identified as one of Orion's hunting dogs. It contains the bright star Procyon.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Bayer designation α Canis Minoris; 1992 position R.A. 7^h38.9^m, Dec.+5°15'. A yellow-white star of spectral class spectral class, in astronomy, a classification of the stars by their spectrum and luminosity. In 1885, E. C. Pickering began the first extensive attempt to classify the stars spectroscopically.
..... Click the link for more information. F5 IV-V, it is one of the nearer bright stars, lying about 11.5 light-years away. Its name is from the Greek meaning "before the dog," i.e., before the Dog Star, Sirius Sirius , or Dog Star, brightest star in the sky. It is located in the constellation Canis Major (1992 position R.A. 6^h44.8^m, Dec. −16°42'); its Bayer designation is Alpha Canis Majoris. Sirius [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. , the brightest star in the sky. Procyon is a brilliant star in its own right, its apparent magnitude magnitude, in astronomy, measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial object. The stars cataloged by Ptolemy (2d cent. A.D.), all visible with the unaided eye, were ranked on a brightness scale such that the brightest stars were of 1st magnitude and the
..... Click the link for more information. of 0.35 making it one of the 10 brightest stars in the sky. It is a visual binary star binary star or binary system, pair of stars that are held together by their mutual gravitational attraction and revolve about their common center of mass.
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Procyon [′prō·sē‚än]

(astronomy)

A star of magnitude 0.3, of spectral type F5, and 11 light-years (1.04 × 10¹⁷meters) from earth; one of a binary. Also known as α Canis Minoris.

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