Procyon (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , Procyon is visible between 18:33 and 05:16. It will become accessible around 18:33, when it rises to an altitude of 10° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:54, 56° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible around 05:16 when it sinks below 10° above your western horizon.
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Name
Procyon
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Constellation: | Canis Minor |
| Magnitude: Variable | 0.40 (V) [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.43 |
| Right ascension: | 07h39m18s [2] |
| Declination: | +05°13'39" [2] |
| Distance: | 3.5 parsec 11.5 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 1259.2 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 214.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.67 |
Visibility from Ashburn
All times shown in Ashburn local time.