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Category | MEDIA | |
Device driver for | HQX-E1 | |
Release date | 6-30-2009 | |
Windows version | Windows 7 (6.1) 32 bit | |
Manufacturer | Canopus Co., Ltd. | |
Version | 1.50.0.2 | Download |
Other uses Starbox begin | name=Canopus Starbox image | image=255px | caption=An image of Canopus by Expedition 6 Starbox observe | epoch=J2000 | constell=Carina | pronounce | ra | dec | appmag_v=â0.74 Starbox character | type= | class=A9 II | b-v=+0.15 | u-b=+0.10 | variable= Starbox astrometry | radial_v | prop_mo_ra=19.93 | prop_mo_dec=23.24 | parallax=10.55 | p_error=0.56 | parallax_footnote= | absmag_v=-5.71 |arxiv = 1606.08053 Starbox detail | metal_fe=-0.07 | mass(2013(2011) | radius | gravity | rotational_velocity=9 | rotation | luminosity=10,700 | temperature=7,400 | age_myr = Starbox catalog | names Starbox reference | Simbad=canopus also designated α Carinae , Latinised to Alpha Carinae , is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of â0.74, it is outshone only by Sirius. Located aroundfrom the Sun, Canopus is a bright giant of spectral type A9, so it is essentially white when seen with the naked eye. It has a luminosity over 10,000 times the luminosity of the Sun, is eight times as massive, and has expanded to 71 times the Sun's radius. Its enlarged photosphere has an effective temperature of around Canopus is undergoing core helium burning and is currently in the so-called blue loop phase of its evolution, having already passed through the red-giant branch after exhausting the hydrogen in its core. Canopus is a source of X-rays, which are likely being emitted from its corona. The prominent appearance of Canopus means it has been the subject of mythological lore among many ancient peoples. Its proper name is generally considered to originate from the mythological Canopus, who was a navigator for Menelaus, king of Sparta. The acronychal rising marked the date of the Ptolemaia festival in Egypt. In ancient India, it was named Agastya after the revered Vedic sage. For Chinese astronomers, it was known as the Old Man of the South Pole.