CANOPUS (Alpha Carinae). As northerners drive south on winter vacations, if they are familiar with the sky they encounter something of a surprise.
Canopus (Alpha Carinae)
Carinae Delta (there is no "Delta" star in the modern Carina constellations)
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Canopus (Alpha Carinae)
Cape Photographic Dürchmusterung (CPD)
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Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae)
Capricornus (constellation)
Capricornus Dwarf (Palomar 12)
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Canopus (α Car / α Carinae / Alpha Carinae) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina, and the second brightest star in the sky, with a visual magnitude of −0.62, second only to Sirius.
Etymology ...
Carina is home to Canopus (alpha Carinae), the second brightest star in the heavens. Its name is said to come from the pilot of the fleet of ships of King Menelaus.
First, there is the second brightest star in the sky, [1668] alpha Carinae or Canopus. Lying approximately 700 light-years from Earth, Canopus has a visual magnitude of -0.
It lies in the southwest corner (6:20:6.1-48:44:27.9, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Puppis, the Stern of the legendary ship Argo Navis. The star can be found: northwest of Canopus (Alpha Carinae); northeast of Beta Pictoris; west of Tau Puppis; ...
 See also: Star, Canopus, Carina, Second, Sun
  
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