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Procyon
Procyon is the 8th brightest star in the night sky and the brightest in the constellation Canis Minor. It is a binary star system located 11.4 light-years from Earth. Its primary component is a white main-sequence star that has a temperature of around 7500 K. Its secondary component is a faint red dwarf star. Procyon has twice the mass and radius of the Sun, and is about 55 million years old. It is a relatively young star and is still in the process of burning its hydrogen fuel. It will eventually evolve into a red giant.
