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Canopus

Pronunciation: /kəˈnəʊpəs/

Astronomy
Definition of Canopus
  • the second-brightest star in the sky, and the brightest in the constellation Carina. It is a supergiant, visible only to observers in the southern hemisphere.

Origin:

Latin, from Greek Kanōpus, the name of the pilot of the fleet of King Menelaus in the Trojan War

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