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CANIS MINOR

(Abbreviation: CMi).

The second of Orion’s dogs. There are two stars above magnitude four.

BRIGHTEST STARS

STAR	R.A.			DEC			MAG.	ABS. MAG	SPEC	DIST.PC
STAR	H	M	S	o	‘	“	MAG.	ABS. MAG	SPEC	DIST.PC
3 b	07	27	09.0	+08	17	21	2.90	-0.2	B8	42 GOMEISA
4 g	07	28	09.7	+08	55	33	4.32	-0.2	K3	65
6	07	29	47.7	+12	00	24	4.54	-0.1	K2	70
10 a	07	39	18.1	+05	13	30	0.38	2.6	F5	3.5 PROCYON
HD66141	08	02	15.8	+02	20	04	4.39	-0.1	K2	70

Procyon has a white dwarth companion; magnitude 13, period 40 years. It is very difficult to observe becouse of the glare from the primary.

VARIABLES

STAR	R.A.		DEC		RANGE	PERIOD,D.	SPEC	TYPE
STAR	H	M	o	‘	RANGE	PERIOD,D.	SPEC	TYPE
V	07	04.3	+08	58	7.8---15	366	M	MIRA
R	07	06.0	+10	06	7.4---11.6	338	S	MIRA
S	07	30.0	+08	26	7.0---13.2	332	M	MIRA

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