Star
Procyon
Procyon is a yellow-white star 11.5 light-years away, one of the nearest there are, seen as it was 11 years ago, shining 7 times as bright as the Sun.
Its name means 'before the dog': it crosses the sky just ahead of Sirius, the Dog Star. Like Sirius, it has a white dwarf companion.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 11.5 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 0.40
- Spectral type
- F5IV-V
- Catalogue
- HIP 37279
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.