| Identification Data |
| Common Name | Canopus |
| Constellation | Carina |
| Star Name | alp Car |
| Skymap Number | 6230224 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 45348 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 2326 |
| SAO Number | 234480 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CP-52 914 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 335149 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 6h 23m 57.109s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -52° 41' 44.378" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0068s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00220 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | +0.023766 |
| Radial Velocity | +020.5km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.01043s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00053s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.063223 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.602742 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.795428 |
| Galactic Longitude | 261.21° |
Galactic Latitude
| -25.29°
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| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | -0.63 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.016 |
| Observed B Magnitude | -0.46 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.173 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.024 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | -0.6 |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | F0II |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | F0 |
| Position Angle | |
| Year of Observation | AD |
