Q. The yellow-white spectral F-type star is located in the constellation Carina south of the ecliptic. It ranks second in apparent brightness among the Stars. This star is :
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Canopus, also designated Alpha Carinae, is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina, and the second-brightest star in the night-time sky, after Sirius. Canopus’s visual magnitude is -0.74, and it has an absolute magnitude of -5.71.
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