Alpha Canis Minoris

E577017
binary star system bright star main-sequence star proper star name star system white dwarf

Alpha Canis Minoris is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor, commonly known as Procyon, and is one of the closest bright stars to Earth.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Procyon 3
Procyon A 0
Procyon B 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf binary star system ⓘ
bright star ⓘ
main-sequence star ⓘ
proper star name ⓘ
star system ⓘ
white dwarf ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude 2.66 ⓘ
2.66 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alpha CMi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gliese 280 NERFINISHED ⓘ
HD 61421 NERFINISHED ⓘ
HR 2943 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Procyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Procyon A and B NERFINISHED ⓘ
α Canis Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 0.34 ⓘ
0.34 ⓘ
bayerDesignation α Canis Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToAsterism Winter Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogIdentifier HIP 37279 NERFINISHED ⓘ
SAO 115756 NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorIndexB−V 0.42 ⓘ
constellation Canis Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
declination +05° 13′ 30″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 11.46 light-years ⓘ
about 3.51 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 6530 K ⓘ
about 7740 K ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 10 Canis Minoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent Procyon A NERFINISHED ⓘ
Procyon B NERFINISHED ⓘ
isBrightestStarIn Canis Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOfBrightestNearbyStars true ⓘ
luminosity about 6.9 times solar luminosity ⓘ
mass about 0.6 solar masses ⓘ
about 1.5 solar masses ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 40.82 years ⓘ
parallax about 285.93 milliarcseconds ⓘ
properMotionInDec −1036.8 mas/yr ⓘ
properMotionInRA −714.6 mas/yr ⓘ
radialVelocity −3.2 km/s ⓘ
radius about 2.0 solar radii ⓘ
rankByBrightness eighth-brightest star in the night sky ⓘ
rightAscension 07h 39m 18.1s ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 15.0 AU ⓘ
spectralType DQZ ⓘ
F5 IV–V ⓘ
traditionalNameMeaning before the dog ⓘ
traditionalNameOrigin Greek ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Minor → bayerDesignation → Alpha Canis Minoris ⓘ
subject surface form: Procyon
Procyonidae → typeGenus → Alpha Canis Minoris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Procyon
Procyonidae → includes → Alpha Canis Minoris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Procyon
Procyonidae → containsGenus → Alpha Canis Minoris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Procyon