Procyon in Canis Minor

Posted by Phillymanjaro
on Saturday, August 13, 2016

"Procyon" is the brightest star in Canis Minor. It can be seen with the naked eye and is the eighth brightest star in the night sky. It is a binary system consisting of a white-main sequence star and a dwarf companion. The star system is only 11.46 light years from earth and is one of our nearest stellar neighbors. Its closest neighboring star (upper blue star dwarf) is Luyten's Star. It is about 1.12 light years from Procyon.

Captured with a Celestron CGEM, AT6RC, ZWOASI120MC guiding single image 260 Sec Exp @ISO 800.

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