Canopus
Constellation: Carina
Distance: 310 ly
Magnitude: -0.74
R.A.: 06h23m57.1s
Dec.: -52°41'44"
Type: Star
Imaging Location: Gila Bend Arizona
Imaging Platform: Televue 101is QSI583
Mount: CGEM
Guiding Setup: Lodestar offaxis
Exposure: 2x30 sec LRGB
Date: 2015-03-13
Software: MaximDL, Images Plus, Pixinsight, Photoshop CS6
Second brightest star after Sirius
Its name comes from the mythological Canopus, who was a navigator for Menelaus, king of Sparta