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Canis Minor contains only two stars brighter than the fourth magnitude, Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris), with a magnitude of 0.34, and Gomeisa (Beta Canis Minoris), with a magnitude of 2.9. The constellation's dimmer stars were noted by Johann Bayer , who named eight stars including Alpha and Beta, and John Flamsteed , who numbered fourteen.
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YY Canis Minoris, abbreviated YY CMi and otherwise referred to as HD 67110, is an eclipsing contact binary in the constellation of Canis Minor, close to the border with Hydra. Its apparent magnitude ranges between 8.46 and 9.23, making it too faint to be seen by the naked eye but visible using binoculars . [ 7 ]
ɒ n /) [17] is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34. [3] It has the Bayer designation α Canis Minoris, which is Latinized to Alpha Canis Minoris, and abbreviated α CMi or Alpha CMi, respectively.
NGC 2491 is a spiral galaxy located in Canis Minor constellation. [1] It is located 580 million light-years from Earth and has an approximate diameter of 130,000 light-years. [ 2 ]
BG Canis Minoris is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor, abbreviated BG CMi. With an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 14.5, [3] it is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of approximately 2,910 light years from the Sun. [2]
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