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  Galactopedia A Section 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alpha Carinae V. Planet of origin of the Drella, a creature that derives it's energy from the emotion of love.
Alpha Hydros V. Federation colony that was stricken with an outbreak of Zelaznan fever, a potentially fatal virus, in 2367.
Alpha Majoris I. Planet origin of the Mellitus, a creature that is gaseous when moving and becomes solid when it ceases movement.
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 Canopus (Alpha Carinae)
Canopus taken by astronaut Donald R. Pettit from the International Space Station
The brightest star in the constellation Carina, the second brightest star in the sky, and one of the principal stars used in spacecraft navigation.
It was known in antiquity as the Star of Osiris and used by Posidonius in Alexandria, circa 260 BC, in the first successful effort to plot out a degree of the Earth's surface.
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However, these have a much lower density than the Sun.
One of the most massive stars known is η Carinae, with 100–150 times as much mass as the Sun.
Recent work by Donald Figer, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, suggests that 150 solar masses is the upper limit of stars in the current era of the universe.
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Canopus (α; Car / α Carinae / Alpha Carinae) is the brightest star in the In Edmond Hamilton's "Star Kings" and "Return to the stars" Canopus is a
Canopus resides in the constellation Carina, The Keel.
Canopus is located 36 degrees below the brightest star in the sky, Sirius.
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