Procyon

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title: Procyon
text: Procyon is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34. It has the Bayer designation α Canis Minoris, which is Latinized to Alpha Canis Minoris, and abbreviated α CMi or Alpha CMi, respectively. As determined by the European Space Agency Hipparcos astrometry satellite, this system lies at a distance of just 11.46 light-years, and is therefore one of Earth's nearest stellar neighbors. A bi
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description: Star in the constellation Canis Minor
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procyon
date created: 2002-02-25T15:43:11Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T01:50:00Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Position_Alpha_Cmi.png","width":330,"height":300}
fields total: 13
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