Procyon (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn (click to change), Procyon will become visible at around 20:54 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 25° above your western horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 2 hours and 51 minutes after the Sun at 23:07.
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Name
Procyon
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Canis Minor |
| Magnitude: Variable | 0.40 (V)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.43 |
| Right Ascension: | 07h39m18s [1] |
| Declination: | +05°13'39" [1] |
| Distance: | 3.5 parsec 11.4 lightyears [1] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 1258.5 mas/yr [1] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 214.7° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 2.68 |
Source