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Canopus. Brooke Hamlett. Pictures of Canopus. Diagram of a Star. Top Ten Brightest Stars. Sirius CANOPUS Rigel Kent Arcturus Vega Capella Rigel Procyon Achernar Betelgeuse. Look at Close in Brightness They are. Facts About Canopus.
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Canopus Brooke Hamlett
Top Ten Brightest Stars • Sirius • CANOPUS • Rigel Kent • Arcturus • Vega • Capella • Rigel • Procyon • Achernar • Betelgeuse
Facts About Canopus • It is the second brightest star in the sky. • It’s name came from an ancient city in Northern Egypt. • It is sometimes used for a reference point of spacecraft navigation on missions. • You can’t see Canopus if your in northern Norfolk, VA. • It is located in the constellation Carina.
Facts • Canopus is a yellowish-white giant star in class F. • It’s about 313 light years-away from earth. • Canopus’s apparent magnitude is -0.72 • Canopus’s absolute magnitude, the one scientists use, is -5.53 • Canopus is a Super Giant. • You cannot see this star in Canada nor Europe • It’s luminosity is 15,000 times that of the sun.
More Facts • Canopus is large enough to stretch three-fourths of the way across Mercury’s orbit. • Canopus’s corona is ten times hotter than the sun. • Since Canopus is a bright super giant it has ceased its hydrogen fusion ad is in the process of dying. • Once Canopus dies it will become a rare non-oxygen white dwarf.