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- Canopus
Canopus
α Carinae
Canopus is a yellow-white supergiant, in the constellation Carina. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1717.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude -0.62.
What it’s like
It gives off 13,855 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 8,500 degrees.
It is 309.2 light years away: 2925 trillion kilometres.