- Stars with a name
- Procyon
Procyon
α Canis Minoris
Procyon is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Canis Minor. The light you see from it tonight left it around 2015.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, March, April, and December.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 0.40.
What it’s like
It gives off 7.4 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 6,400 degrees Celsius.
It is 11.5 light years away: 108 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 2015: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.