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Canis Minor

A small N hemisphere constellation. Its brightest star is Procyon, just 3·5 parsec away, and the eighth brightest star in the sky. It has a faint white dwarf companion.

Canis minor

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Abbreviation CMi
Genitive Canis Minoris
Symbology the Smaller Dog
Right ascension 8 h
Declination +5°
Area 183 sq. προκύον The fore-dog (before the Dog Star)
β 3 Beta Canis Minoris, Gomeisa 2.89 170 Gamma Cassiopeiae variable <
γ 4 Gamma Canis Minoris 4.33 398
G G Canis Minoris 4.39 261
6 6 Canis Minoris 4.55 560
ε 2 Epsilon Canis Minoris 4.99 990
ζ 13 Zeta Canis Minoris 5.12 420
η 5 Eta Canis Minoris 5.22 351
δ¹ 7 Delta1 Canis Minoris 5.24 790
11 11 Canis Minoris 5.25 312
14 14 Canis Minoris 5.30 265
1 1 Canis Minoris 5.37 317
δ² 8 Delta2 Canis Minoris 5.59 139
δ³ 9 Delta3 Canis Minoris 5.83 680

Source: The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200

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