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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Canopus in astronomy, 2d brightest star in the sky, located in the constellation Carina, which is part of the ancient constellation Argo Navis; Bayer designation α Carinae; 1992 position R.A. 6 ^h 23.8 ^m , Dec. -52°41′. It has an apparent magnitude of -0.72, second only to Sirius among the bright stars. Canopus is a yellowish-white giant star of spectral class F0 I-II. Its distance is about 100 light-years. It is probably named after the ancient Egyptian city of Canopus.

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Canopus

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Canopus The star Alpha Carinae, magnitude −0.62, the second-brightest star in the sky. It is an F0 bright giant, and lies 313 l.y. away.

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Canopus

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Canopus (Alpha Carinae) Second-brightest star in the sky. It is 14,000 times as lumionous as the sun and lies 313 light years away.

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