Yellow Supergiant · 2nd Brightest

Canopus

The second-brightest star in the night sky. Canopus is a brilliant yellow-white supergiant so luminous it is used by NASA spacecraft as a navigation beacon. It was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians and Navigators of the Pacific as a key s

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