Star
A nearby yellow-white subgiant, one of the closest bright stars to the Sun.
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 11 ly |
| Diameter | 2,852,370 km |
| Mass | 2.98 × 10³⁰ kg |
| Temperature | 6,257°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 0.34 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Discovered | 150 |
Stars spend most of their lives fusing hydrogen into helium in their core, and it's the balance between that outward pressure and gravity pulling inward that fixes how big and how bright a star gets.
At 2,852,370 km across, Procyon is 2.0 times the diameter of the Sun.
Its mass is 1.5 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Procyon tonight left it around 11 years ago.
Its surface sits at 6,530 K, hotter than the Sun at 5,772 K, which is what sets its colour.
It has been on record since the year 150.
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