ดาวคาโนปัส

Also known as Alpha Carinae, α Car, α Carinae, SRS 30245, SAO 234480, Agastya, PLX 1497, PPM 335149

Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky. It is designated α Carinae, which is romanized (transliterated) to Alpha Carinae. With a visual apparent magnitude of −0.74, it is outshone only by Sirius.

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Canopus is the second-brightest star visible in the night sky, located in the southern constellation Carina, and is so luminous that only the star Sirius shines brighter. It matters to astronomers and stargazers because its exceptional brightness makes it one of the most prominent celestial landmarks for navigation and observation, especially in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: *
Spectral type: A9II
Distance: 309 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.00006771580404030253
Coordinates: RA 95.9880° · Dec -52.6957°

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Constellation: Carina
Child body: Arrakis
Distance from Earth: 310
Image: Canopus.jpg

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catalog code: UBV M 12094
Commons category: Canopus
spectral class: F0
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
topic's main category: Category:Canopus
stellar rotational velocity: 9
apparent magnitude: -1.35
epoch: J2000.0
right ascension: 95.987957829
declination: -52.695661384
effective temperature: 6904
parallax: 10.55
radial velocity: 23.3
metallicity: -0.06
surface gravity: 31.6
absolute magnitude: -5.71
luminosity: 13300
right ascension component of proper motion: 18
declination component of proper motion: 17
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