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Loading contentProcyon is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor and one of the nearest stars to the Sun.
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How Procyon connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
Canis Minor is a small constellation, one of the 88 modern constellations.
An equilateral triangle of Sirius, Procyon, and Betelgeuse, straddling Canis Major, Canis Minor, and Orion.
A great ring of brilliant winter stars — Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, and Sirius — enclosing much of the northern winter sky.
Red giant in Aquarius, about 233 light-years from Earth.
Subgiant in Canis Minor, about 316 light-years from Earth.
Subgiant in Cassiopeia, about 1,129 light-years from Earth.
Main-sequence star in Centaurus, about 63.3 light-years from Earth.
Main-sequence star in Eridanus, about 46.4 light-years from Earth.
Star in Gemini, about 155 light-years from Earth.
Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.
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