Canopus

Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky. It is a supergiant A-type star with an absolute magnitude of -5.71. It is determined to be within a blue loop. Canopus characteristics:

• Carina - constellation.
• 06h23m57.10988s - right ascension.
• -52deg41m44.3810s - declination.
• -0.74 - apparent magnitude.
• 310 ly - distance.
• A9 II - spectral type.
• ~9.5 - mass(solar).
• 16600 - luminosity(solar).
• 73 - radius(solar).
• +0.15 - B-V color index.