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.
PROCYON (Alpha Canis Minoris). The eastern anchor of the Winter Triangle, Procyon is the luminary of Canis Minor, the smaller dog, and at magnitude zero (0.34) is the sky's eighth brightest star. At a distance of only 11.
Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris)
Capricornus (Capricorni)
Deneb Algiedi (Delta Capricorni; possibly aka Deneb)
Carina (Carinae) ...
Canis Minor is a small constellation mainly consisting of the two stars, Procyon (α CMi / Alpha Canis Minoris, 0.38m) and Gomeisa (β CMi / Beta Canis Minoris), 2.9m). Procyon is the eighth brightest star in the night sky.
Procyon (also called Alpha Canis Minoris, Antecanis, and the Little Dog Star) is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor and the eighth brightest star in the sky. This yellowish star is also part of the Winter Triangle.
[1537] alpha Canis Minoris or Procyon ("before the dog") is the seventh brightest star in the sky, with a magnitude of 0.34. It is a binary star system that consists of a white star, Procyon A, and a fainter star Procyon B, which is a white dwarf.
With the exception of Sirius and Procyon (&alpha Canis Minoris), the brightest stars in the sky are not the nearest stars. The nearest star, Proxima (V645 Centauri), in the Centaurus constellation, is 1.3 parsecs away.
Procyon is the Greek name for Alpha Canis Minoris from the earliest times. In English the meaning of the Greek roots would be something like "Before (or in Front of?) the Dog.
Polaris Australis Sigma Octantis
Pollux Beta Geminorum
Porrima Gamma Virginis
Praecipua 46 Leonis Minoris
Procyon Alpha Canis Minoris
Propus Eta Geminorum
Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri C
Pulcherrima Epsilon Boötis ...
 See also: Procyon, Canis Minor, Star, Sun, S Star
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