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Topic: Alpha Canis Minoris

	Procyon 2
		Alpha Canis Minoris A has a close companion star B that is separated "on average" by only about 16 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun -- 14.9 astronomical units (AUs) of an orbital semi-major axis -- which is roughly the distance between Uranus and our Sun.
		Alpha Minoris B, the companion star, is a white dwarf, stellar remnant and is so dim that it cannot be perceived with the naked eye.
		Alpha Canis Minoris A, the Little Dog Star, is the eighth brightest star in the night sky as well as the brightest star in its constellation.
	www.solstation.com /stars/procyon2.htm (1463 words)

	Canis Minor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canis Minor (Latin for smaller dog) is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also in Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations.
		Canis Minor is a small constellation mainly consisting of the two stars, Procyon (α CMi / Alpha Canis Minoris, 0.38
		Canis Minor was considered to be the smaller of the two hunting dogs of Orion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canis_Minor (286 words)

	Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris)
		The brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor, the eighth brightest star in the sky, and the easternmost star of the Winter Triangle.
		Its Greek name means “before the dog,” since in northern latitudes it rises before Sirius, the Dog Star, and its constellation, Canis Major.
		Procyon is a nearby yellow-white subgiant F star, about to shut down the fusion of hydrogen to helium in its core.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/P/Procyon.html (183 words)

	Sirius 2
		Also known as Alpha Canis Majoris, Sirius is the fifth closest system to Sol, at 8.6 light-years (ly) away.
		They form a close binary, Alpha Canis Majoris A and B, that is separated "on average" by only about 20 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun -- 19.8 astronomical units (AUs) of an orbital semi-major axis -- which is about the same as the distance between Uranus and our Sun ("Sol").
		Alpha Canis Majoris A, the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky as well as the brightest star in its constellation.
	www.solstation.com /stars/sirius2.htm (1634 words)

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		Principal stars are: Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri), magnitude -0.27; Hadar (Agena) (Beta Centauri), magnitude 0.6; Gamma Centauri magnitude 2.2; Omega Centauri, magnitude 3.7.
		Capricornus is one of the zodiacal constellations and represents a goat with the tail of a fish.
		Principal stars are: Alpha Lyncis, magnitude 3.2, and 38 Lyncis, a pair of stars, magnitudes 3.9 and 7.7.
	sg-1.tv /constellations (5512 words)

	Procyon - Memory Alpha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Procyon (also Alpha Canis Minoris) is a star system consisting of binary companion stars, Procyon A and Procyon B, located about 11.4 light years from Sol.
		Procyon is most notable for the fact that in an alternate future, the battle where the Sphere Builders were defeated was fought here in the 26th century.
		Modern scientists have determined Procyon A is a sub-giant (spectral class F5 IV-V) star, whereas Procyon B is a white dwarf that orbits it at 16 AUs.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Procyon_system (264 words)

	AstronomyNZ - Star Data North
		The crater, 15 light years in diameter, is located on the edge of a vast dark cosmic cloud of dust and gas 1500 light years away.
		(Alpha Canis Minoris) magnitude 0.40, is a yellow-white sub-giant (F5 IV) 7.2 times brighter than the Sun.
		(Alpha Leonis) magnitude 1.36, is a blue-white star (B7 V) 137 times brighter than the Sun.
	www.astronomynz.org.nz /nightsky/star_charts/bright_stars_north.htm (1107 words)

	Stellar Classification
		Alpha Canis Majoris (Sirius) and Alpha Lyrae (Vega) are examples.
		In addition to the sun, another example is Alpha Centauri A. K stars are orange, around 4,000 to 4,700 K, and display faint hydrogen lines, strong metallic lines, and some hydrocarbon molecular bands in their spectra.
		Alpha Scorpii (Antares) and Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse) are the only two first-magnitude examples.
	www.peripatus.gen.nz /Astronomy/SteCla.html (951 words)

	Finding the Constellations from Southern Africa
		Canis Minor, the Little Dog constellation, is a small "two-star" figure near Canis Major, the Greater Dog.
		Canis Minor is not too difficult to find due to its alpha star, Procyon, being the 8th brighest star visible from the Earth.
		As you become accustomed to its position, Canis Minor will quickly appear in the darker region of sky it lies in, becoming a landmark constellation for your navigation of the night sky.
	www.assabfn.co.za /spacetides/constellations/canisminor.htm (245 words)

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		Alpha Centauri 14 39.6 -60 50 315.7 -0.7 G2V+K1V+M5.5V -0.07 4.28 742.12 4.39 Gl 559 Rigil Kentaurus
		Alpha Canis Minoris 07 39.3 +05 13 213.7 +13.0 F5IV-V+DA 0.40 2.68 285.93 11.41 Gl 280 Procyon
		Alpha Aquilae 19 50.8 +08 52 47.7 -8.9 A7V 0.76 2.20 194.44 16.77 Gl 768 Altair
	www.geocities.com /wilborniti/offices50lightyears.html (2105 words)

	Tough Star Trivia - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		Procyon, also known as 'Alpha Canis Minoris' and is the 8th brightest star in the night sky.
		Antares is also known as 'Alpha Scorpii' and is the 15th brightest star in the sky.
		Spica is also known as 'Alpha Virginis' and is the 16th brightest star in the sky.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Tough-Star-Trivia-52191.html (239 words)

	Canis Minor
		Canis Minor, the little dog was thought to be a water dog since it stood on the edge of the Milky Way.
		Alpha Canis Minoris, Procyon (7h 39m +5° 14') is a white subgiant class F5 star.
		With a magnitude of 0.4, the star is 11.2 light years distant making it one of the closest stars to the Sun.
	starryskies.com /The_sky/constellations/canis_minor.html (245 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Procyon
		Canis Major and Canis Minor (Latin, "greater dog" and "lesser dog"), two constellations of stars, the former lying southeast and the latter east of
		Canis Major contains Sirius (also called the Dog Star), the brightest star in the heavens, and Canis Minor contains Procyon, far less bright than Sirius but still a star of the first magnitude.
		also called Alpha Canis Minoris, brightest star in the northern constellation Canis Minor (Lesser Dog) and one of the brightest in the entire sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34.
	fusionanomaly.net /procyon.html (299 words)

	* Beta Canis Minoris - (Astronomy): Definition
		The star Gomeisa (Scientific Name Beta Canis Minoris) is located at right ascension 7h 27.150m and declination 8° 17.367'.
		Principal stars are: Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris), magnitude 0.4; a binary star.
		The companion is a white dwarf, magnitude 10.3, too faint to be easily seen in the glare of Procyon, and Gomeisa (Beta Canis Minoris), magnitude 2.9.
	en.mimi.hu /astronomy/beta_canis_minoris.html (152 words)

	BEHOLD!
		The convention is that the brightest star in a constellation is called Alpha, the next Beta, then Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and so on, although there are a few exceptions to the rule.
		Alpha Geminorum, Castor (07h35m +31°53) has a magnitude of 1.6 blue-white class A2 star about 46 light years away.
		It is actually a triple system and each of those is a spectroscopic binary.
	all_magix.tripod.com /id7.htm (911 words)

	Alpha Canis Minoris System
		Although the gravitational pull of α Canis Minoris B significantly reduces the distance at which a planet orbiting Procyon can have a stable orbit, there is still a small zone where a planet would have a stable orbit and not get too much light from Procyon.
		However, the system is so young (1.7 Ga) that any life would be extremely primitive: Terra at this point still only had single-celled life and the atmosphere was still a reducing atmosphere with methane and ammonia taking up the portion taken up by molecular oxygen now.
		Any planet orbiting the right distance to not be cooked or frozen would be so close that α Canis Minoris B's gravity would tidally lock it, it would orbit with one side always facing the star.
	homepage.mac.com /pfhreak/scifisite/systems/p/acmi.html (175 words)

	Factbook: Outsystem
		Alpha Centauri provided the best candidates for habitable extrasolar planets, which made it a natural destination for the first deep-space Void Engineer missions in 1972.
		Alpha Centuari A (properly known as Rigil Kentaurus) and B (named Ahmar Kentaurus) orbit each other at an average distance of about 24 AU, which is roughly the distance from Uranus to Sol.
		Sirius A, also known as Alpha Canis Majoris, is 8.6 light years away from the Sol System.
	www.sunflower.com /~taraqual/mcgod/factbook/outsystem.html (4077 words)

	Canberra Astronomical Society - Southern Cross - March 1998
		He came up (crystal ball!) with A1 and G0 for the spectrum of this object and calculated a mass of 2.3 solar masses for the primary, whilst for the secondary a GO spectrum with a mass of 1.0 s.m.
		From there, we move north to Alpha Carinae (Canopus : magnitude -0.72), to Alpha Canis Majoris (Sirius : magnitude -1.46), Alpha Canis Minoris (Procyon : magnitude 0.38), Alpha Tauri (Aldebaran : magnitude 0.85), and finally Alpha Aurigae (Capella : magnitude 0.08), low on the northern horizon.
		Norma had a star designated Alpha when it was conceived in 1752, but since then, the star has crossed the border into neighbouring Scorpius.
	msowww.anu.edu.au /cas/southerncross/sc_199803.html (3074 words)

	Starry Night Trivia quiz -- free game
		Its neighbouring constellations are Lynx to the North, Canis Minor and Hydra to the South, Leo to the East and Gemini to the West.
		During the first voyage around the world (1519), the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew "discovered" 2 irregularly-shaped objects, which were cloud-like in appearance, in the night-sky of the Southern Hemisphere.
		For example, the brightest star of the constellation Canis Minor became Alpha Canis Minoris, the 2nd-brightest Beta Canis Minoris, and so on.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz18134414c4208.html (915 words)

	Alpha Canis Minoris
		Alpha Canis Minoris is a very bright 0.40 visual magnitude yellow-white star 11.4 light years away.
		The star is known as Procyon, "before the dog", referring to the fact that this star rises just before the constellation Canis Major, to the south.
		The three stars alpha, beta, and gamma form a pleasant trio of colours: white, blue, and reddish-orange.
	www.dibonsmith.com /cmi_a.htm (142 words)

	List of brightest stars
		Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris) Class A main sequence (-1.5)
		Rigil Kent (Alpha Centauri) Class G main sequence (0,1)
		Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris) Class A main sequence
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/Star___Brightest.html (75 words)

	Procyon alpha Canis Minoris Canis Minoris meaning before dog is...
		Procyon alpha Canis Minoris Canis Minoris meaning before dog is...
		"Procyon" (α Canis Minoris Canis Minoris), meaning "before dog", is a brilliant star star that receives its name from the fact that it precedes the star Sirius Sirius as it travels across the Earth Earth's sky.
		These two "dog stars" are referred to in the most ancient literature and were venerated by the Babylonians Babylonians and the Egyptians Egyptians.
	www.biodatabase.de /Procyon (198 words)

	Procyon
		The star Procyon (Scientific Name Alpha Canis Minoris) is located at right ascension 7h 39.302m and declination 5° 13.500'.
		Procyon is a relatively bright star with a magnitude of 0.38.
		The spectral class of this star is F5IV-V. It has an Hd number of 61421, an FK5 number of 291, and a SAO number of 115756.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /stars/procyon.htm (56 words)

	Lecture Notes for Day 9
		SIRIUS, also known as alpha Canis Majoris; the BRIGHTEST star in our night sky with a magnitude of -1.5 is also one of the closest (it is the sixth closest star to the sun).
		Procyon has a luminosity 6 times that of the sun, a diameter twicethat of the sun and a temperature of 7000K.
		It lies at a distance of 11.4 LY; also known as alpha Canis Minoris, it also has a white dwarf companion with a period of 40 years.
	www.colorado.edu /APAS/APAS1010/lecture/day.9.html (672 words)

	IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 1996 \| International Meteor Organization
		Although first detected in the 1960s by photography, sigma-Hydrids are typically swift and faint, and rates generally low, often close to the visual detection limit.
		Since their radiant, just to the southwest of the "head" asterism of Hydra, a little over 10° east of Procyon (alpha Canis Minoris), is near the equator, all observers can cover this shower, whose peak this year is only a day after new Moon.
		alpha, delta, alpha, delta: Coordinates for a shower's radiant position, usually at maximum; alpha is right ascension, and delta is declination.
	www.imo.net /calendar/cal96.html (4054 words)

	Star Names
		Note that more than one popular name may be applied to some stars: for example, Alpha Andromedae is known as Alpheratz and Sirrah, both derived from Arabic.
		The Millennium Star Atlas and the second edition of of Sky Atlas 2000.0 were both based on the Hipparcos catalogue and hence were obliged to follow that catalogue’s choice of names.
		However, someone at Sky Publishing, publisher of both atlases, quietly changed the name “Kocab” for Beta Ursae Minoris to the previously used “Kochab”, so there is now an inconsistency between catalogue and charts.
	www.ianridpath.com /starnames.htm (350 words)

	Astronomy of the Brazilian Flag
		This language is not in the 1889 decree but was added much later, at a time when I believe the Brazilian Congress would have written 20:30 if it meant 20:30.
		Astronomical: The point of specifying the time is that the constellation of the Southern Cross (Crux australis, Cruzeiro do sul) was at the meridian of Rio with Gamma crucis and Alpha crucis aligned vertically.
		This is what the flag shows and, according to astronomers, occurred at either 08:30 or 08:37 (in the morning).
	flagspot.net /flags/br_astro.html (777 words)

	Recent Science Highlights -- December 22, 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Schmitt, Drake, Stern and Haisch have determined the coronal density of the nearby star alpha Canis Minoris (CMi), using ratios from detected iron spectral lines of different ionization stages (ranging from FeIX to FeXIV).
		This implies that the corona of alpha CMi is, presumably, structured in a similar manner as to that of the Sun and, furthermore, the coronal filling factor is estimated to be about 20%.
		Drake, Laming and Widing have analyzed spectral lines due to the elements Ne, S, Ar, Fe, and Si in the EUVE spectrum of the alpha Centaurus AB system.
	www.cea.berkeley.edu /~euve/sci/Resources_high_941222.html (234 words)

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