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- Alpha Carinae, "Canopus", is the
- second brightest star in the sky, next
- to Sirius. It has an estimated
- luminosity of about 30 times that of
- the sun, and an absolute magnitude of
- -3.1. Canopus has been commonly used
- by spacecraft for navigational purposes
- on their interplanetary missions.
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