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Starbox begin
| name=Canopus
Starbox image
| image=
| caption=An image of Canopus by Expedition 6
Starbox observe
| epoch=J2000
| constell=Carina
| pronounce
| ra
| dec
| appmag_v=−0.72
Starbox character
| class=F0 Ib
| b-v=0.15
| u-b=0.04
| variable=None
Starbox astrometry
| radial_v=20.5
| prop_mo_ra=19.99
| prop_mo_dec=23.67
| parallax=10.43 | parallax_footnote=
| p_error=0.53
| absmag_v=−5.53
Starbox detail
| age=
| metal=90% Sun
| mass= 8.5
| radius=65
| gravity=1.50
| rotation=
| luminosity=13600
| temperature=7,350
Starbox catalog
| names=Suhel, Suhail, Suhayl, Alpha Carinae, HD 45348, HR 2326, CDâ52°914, FK5 245, SAO 234480, HIP 30438, GC 8302
Starbox reference
| Simbad=canopus
Starbox end
Canopus (k|É|Ë|n|oÊ|p|É|s; α Car, α Carinae, Alpha Carinae) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and Argo Navis, and the second brightest star in the night-time sky, after Sirius. Canopus's visual magnitude is −0.72, and it has an absolute magnitude of −5.53.
Canopus is a supergiant of spectral type F. Canopus is essentially white when seen with the naked eye (although F-type stars are sometimes listed as "yellowish-white"). It is located in the far southern sky, at a declination of −52° 42' (2000) and a right ascension of 06h24.0m. |