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Star Procyon

Binary star Procyon is located 11 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a white-blue star and a white dwarf. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
11 light years
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Procyon A

White-Blue star (spectral class F5 V)

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 7h 39m 18.12s
Declination iconDeclination: 5° 13' 29.955'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 284.56
Distance iconSun distance: 11.46 ly | 3.5 pc

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 150 % M Sun | 1571 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 205 % R Sun | 20.4 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 6474 K | 1.12 T Sun
time iconAge: 1.87 billions years | 0.41 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 6.93 L Sun
(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 0.4
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 2.7
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10
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35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Procyon B

White dwarf (spectral class DQZ D)

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 60.2 % M Sun | 631 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 1.2 % R Sun | 0.1 R Jupiter
time iconAge: 1.37 billions years | 0.3 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.00049 L Sun
(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 10.9
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 13.2
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
More about Procyon
      Procyon can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.
Other designations of this star
Elgomaisa, Algomeysa, Antecanis, α Canis Minoris, Alpha Canis Minoris, 10 Canis Minoris, BD+05°1739, Gliese 280, GJ 280, HD 37279, HIC 30438, HIP 30438, HR 2943, SAO 115756, LHS 233, alf CMi
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