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Canopus (alpha Car, HR 2326) | ||||
subject | fact |
Canopus | has declination -52 41 44 | ![]() |
has right ascension 06 23 57.2 | ![]() | |
has spectral type F0 Ib | ![]() | |
has spectral type F0II | ![]() | |
has V magnitude -0.72 | ![]() | |
has distance 55 pc | ![]() | |
is a part of Carina | ![]() | |
has synonym alpha Car | ![]() | |
has synonym HR 2326 | ![]() | |
has B-V magnitude 0.15 | ![]() | |
has definition A supergiant, the second brightest star in the southern sky. | ![]() | |
is an instance of F star | ![]() | |
is an instance of supergiant | ![]() | |
is an instance of naked eye star | ![]() | |
F star | has color yellow-white | ![]() |
has surface temperature 6000 to 7500 K | ![]() | |
naked eye star | has been observed for many centuries | ![]() |
is usually part of asterism | ![]() | |
is a part of celestial sphere | ![]() | |
is a part of Milky Way | ![]() | |
has apparent magnitude brighter than 5 | ![]() | |
supergiant | has luminosity class I | ![]() |
star | has star surface temperature | ![]() |
has B magnitude | ![]() | |
has U magnitude | ![]() | |
has position on celestial sphere from the point of view of Earth | ![]() | |
has parallax from the point of view of Earth's orbit | ![]() | |
has proper motion | ![]() | |
has radiation at surface which is diffused out from the hotter core | ![]() | |
has energy source gravitational contraction and or fusion | ![]() | |
has energy production which takes place primarily within the core | ![]() | |
has surface density which depends on luminosity class | ![]() | |
has absolute magnitude | ![]() | |
has age | ![]() | |
has catalog star catalog | ![]() | |
has material hydrogen, helium | ![]() | |
has velocity determined from proper motion and radial velocity | ![]() | |
has mass greater than 0.08 the sun's mass | ![]() | |
celestial body | has spectra | ![]() |
physical object | has location or center of gravity | ![]() |
has angular momentum | ![]() | |
has momentum | ![]() | |
has temperature | ![]() | |
has volume | ![]() | |
has extent | ![]() |
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