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Canopus

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Ca·no·pus 1  (k-nps)
An ancient city of northern Egypt east of Alexandria. It was the site of a great temple honoring Serapis.
Ca·no·pus 2  (k-nps)
n.
A star, 650 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Carina. It is the second-brightest star in the sky.
[Latin Canpus, from Greek kanpos, perhaps of Egyptian origin.]
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Noun1.Canopus - supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
Carina - a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus


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The eye took in the firmament from the Southern Cross to the North Star, those two constellations which in 12,000 years, by reason of the succession of equinoxes, will resign their part of the polar stars, the one to Canopus in the southern hemisphere, the other to Wega in the northern.
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