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Q: How can a star be extremely hot like alpha canis major is but give off so little light?
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Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris) is approximately 11.4 light years from us.


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Alpha radiation does not have a colour. In order for something to have a colour, it must emit rays of visible light. Alpha radiation and light are two different things which have little to do with each other.


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Alpha Centauri (the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus) is the closest star to earth, and is actually a double star system - when it's small companion star is on "our side" of Alpha C, it is actually closest. The system is about 4.3 light years away. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, a white giant, and is about 9 light years away.


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