Procyon (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Procyon is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:08, when it reaches an altitude of 10° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:29, 52° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:18, 27° above your western horizon.
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Name
Procyon
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h39m18s [2] |
| Declination: | +05°13'39" [2] |
| Constellation: | Canis Minor |
| Magnitude: Variable | 0.40 (V) [2] |
| Distance: | 3.5 parsec 11.5 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.43 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 1.26 arcsec/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 214.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.67 |
Sources