- 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 is at about 6,700 degrees.
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.