Monday 9 January 2012

procyon

PROCYON
DISTANCE: 25 ly
APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 0.12 m
SPECTRAL CLASS: F5 IV-V



Vega is the 5th brightest star visible from Earth, and the 3rd brightest easily visible from mid-northern latitudes, after Sirius and Arcturus. At about 25 light-years in distance, it is the 6th closest of all the bright stars, or 5th if you exclude Alpha Centauri, which is not easily visible from most of the Northern Hemisphere.