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Procyon
(PRO-see-on)
Alpha Canis Minoris
Names For This Star
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." The star was sometimes referred to in Latin as Antecanis, which, according to Allen is equivalent to "Procyon".
Other names for the star are Elgomaisa or Algomeysa which are derived from the Arabic name Al Shi'ra Shamiyyah, meaning "The Northern Sirius."
Description of the Star
Procyon is a yellowish F5IV-V subgiant to main sequence star 7 times as luminous as the sun and with twice the sun's diameter.
Procyon is a binary star system with the bright star as the primary. Procyon B is a 10th magnitude star separated by about 4.5 arc sec from the A star, that is, about 16 AU away from the star. The orbital period is 40.65 years.
Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed |
10 Canis Minoris |
Hipparcos Identifier (HIP Number) |
37279 |
Harvard Revised (HR Number) |
2943 |
Henry Draper Catalog (HD Number) |
61421 |
Bonner Durchmusterung (BD Number) |
BD+05 1739 |
Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory compendium (SAO Number) |
115756 |
Fundamental Katalog (FK5 Number) |
291 |
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