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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Epsilon Canis Minoris
Flamsteed Number	2 Canis Minoris
HR (BSC)	2828
HD	58367
Constellation	Canis Minor
Right Ascension	7h 25m 39s
Declination	+9° 16' 34"
Distance	817 light years 251 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.98 Absolute: -2.01
Spectral Class	G6II yellow bright giant
Optimum Visibility	January / February
Notes	A fifth-magnitude bright giant star that lies some five degrees northwestward of bright Procyon in the sky. Epsilon Canis Minoris is in fact much more luminous than Procyon, but also more than seventy times farther from the Sun, and so appears faint as viewed from Earth.

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