Canopus

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Related to Alpha Carinae: Canopus, Eta Carinae Nebula, SAO 234480
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supergiant star 650 light years from Earth

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Canopus, the sky's second-brightest star, was renamed from Alpha Argus Navis to Alpha Carinae. Carina also inherited Argo's Beta star, leaving Gamma Velorum and Zeta Puppis as the brightest stars in their respective constellations.
Two dim beasts of spring: these little-known constellations are full of surprises
In Division D it was a triple treat for Damian Barker and his Sydney 36CR Alpha Carinae who won their final race and thus claimed the divisional series win and walked away with the keys to the Range Rover Evoque for the week.
Chills and spills: it came down to the final race of the season in early July to determine the divisional winners of the Land Rover Winter Series with 133 competitors in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia organized race-treated to a stunning winter's day with just the right amount of breeze on Sydney Harbour
Some 1,300 light-years away (certainly the most distant of the brighter stars in Lepus), Alpha is a supergiant of spectral class F, much like Canopus (Alpha Carinae) to its south.
Hopping around the Hare: although surrounded by brighter stars, Lepus, the Hare, has a lot to offer on February evenings
Online (Stephen Trevillion) won PHS Division 1 from UBS Wild Thing (Geoff Lavis) and OCL Too with Outlandish (Sean Barrett) winning PHS Division 2 from Alpha Carinae (Damian Barker) and Limelight (Alan Husband)
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In SOPS Division 2, Outlandish (Sean Barrett) won the PHS category from Alpha Carinae (Damian Barker) and Velocity (Brian Carrick).
Sydney's celebration of sails: Australia day honours to gretel II, brindabella, and about time
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