Procyon is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, carrying the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Minoris. Hipparcos satellite measurements place it just 11.46 light-years away, making it one of Earth's nearest stellar neighbors; it is a binary system consisting of a white main-sequence star, Procyon A, orbited by a faint white dwarf companion, Procyon B, the pair completing an orbit of each other roughly every 40.84 years.
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Procyon, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Procyon () is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34. It has the Bayer designation α Canis Minoris, which is Latinized to Alpha Canis Minoris, and abbreviated α CMi or Alpha CMi, respectively.
Procyon, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Procyon () is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34.
In Group: Binary and Double Star Systems, Lead sentence
A binary star system, Procyon consists of a white-hued main-sequence star of spectral type F5 IV-V, designated component A, in orbit with a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DQZ, named Procyon B.
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