Encyclopedia > Procyon A

Article Content

Procyon A

Procyon A is a Star in the Procyon system approximately 11.4 lightyears from Earth's Solar System.

Some facts about Procyon A

Parallax: 0.286 arcsecs
Spectral type: F5 IV-V
Radial velocity: -4 km/s
Proper Motion: 1.259 arcsecs/year
Apparent Visual Magnitude: 0.4
Absolute Visual Magnitude: 2.68
Luminosity: 7.73 Solar Luminosities

See also:

Procyon, Procyon B
List of nearest stars

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Islandia, New York

... to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 92.3 males. For every 100 females age ...