Canopus or Alpha Carinae is not believed to be a binary star.
It is a yellow/white super giant star of spectral type F0 Ia.
It is 8.5 solar masses and 65 solar diameters about 310ly away.
It is 16,500 times more luminous than the sun with a surface temperature 7,350Kelvin.
Canopus in Argos was created in 1979.
Canopus Corporation was created in 1983-04.
Canopus Hill Observatory was created in 197#.
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Canopus is located in the constellation of Carina in the southern sky. It is the second brightest star in the night sky, after Sirius.
Canopus is a yellow-white F super giant -- a star with a temperature from 10,000 to 14,000 degrees Fahrenheit (6,000 to 8,000 Kelvin)Canopus is the second brightest star :)
Canopus is brighter than Vega. With an apparent magnitude of about -0.72, Canopus is the second-brightest star in the night sky, while Vega has an apparent magnitude of around 0.03. This difference in brightness makes Canopus significantly more luminous to the naked eye compared to Vega.
Canopus is estimated to have a mass of around 8 to 9 times that of the Sun.
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Canopus was not "discovered" in the traditional sense, as it has been known since ancient times. It is named after the Greek mythological figure Canopus and has been referenced by various ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, Egyptians, and Arabs. Today, Canopus is the second-brightest star in the night sky and is easily visible from most parts of the Earth.
There are different meanings of the term Canopus. The first is a name given to the second brightest star in the heavens, from the Carina constellation. Canopus is also used as the name for an ancient Egyptian coastal city, located east of Alexandria.