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Canopus

α Carinae · Carina · also Pilot

Ecliptic position at J2000.0
Cancer 14.97°
Ecliptic latitude -75.83°·Magnitude -0.74·A9II
Navigational star

Nature

Second brightest in night sky.

Classical attribution

Second brightest star. Robson assigns Saturn-Jupiter nature; classically associated with long journeys and pious devotion.

Other stars in Cancer

Reference, not advice

This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.

Ecliptic position at J2000.0 epoch. Present-day position is shifted by precession (~50.3 arc-seconds per year). Classical attributions paraphrased from Vivian E. Robson, “The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology” (1923, public domain).

Sources

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