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Procyon (α CMi α Canis Minoris Alpha Canis Minoris; Br. pronunciation /ˈprəʊsɪən/) is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor. To the naked eye it appears to be a single star the eighth brightest in the night sky with a visual apparent magnitude of 0.34. It is actually a binary star system consisting of a white main-sequence star of spectral type F5 IV–V named Procyon A and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DQZ named Procyon B.
