bright giant · A9II
Canopus
Canopus is a blue-white bright giant (spectral type A9II) about 310 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of -0.62 it is one of the brightest stars in the whole sky.
The second-brightest star in the sky, never visible from Germany.
Its light output is roughly 13,700 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).
It is never visible from Germany, as it lies too far south.
Key facts
- Distance
- ≈ 310 light-years
- Spectral type
- A9II (bright giant)
- Colour
- Blue-white
- Apparent magnitude
- -0.62 mag
- Luminosity
- ≈ 13,700 × Sun
- Position
- Right ascension 6h 24m, declination -52.7°
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Data: Hipparcos / HYG catalogue (CC BY-SA 4.0). Luminosity and visibility are calculated estimates.