PROCYON

prōˈsēŏnˌ, brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor; Bayer designation α Canis Minoris; 1992 position R.A. 7h38.9m, Dec.+5°15′. A yellow-white star of spectral class F5 IV-V, it is one of the nearer bright stars, lying about 11.5 light-years away. Its name is from the Greek meaning "before the dog," i.e., before the Dog Star, Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. Procyon is a brilliant star in its own right, its apparent magnitude of 0.35 making it one of the 10 brightest stars in the sky. It is a visual binary star.

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books on: Procyon  - 168 results

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A Guide to the Constellations
Book by Samuel G. Barton, William H. Barton Jr.; Whittlesey House, 1935
Subjects: Constellations
...ARCTURUS in Bootes RIGEL in Orion lower star PROCYON in Canis Minor BETELGEUSE in Orion upper...constellation appear on the chart, but one, Procyon, is very bright, and the constellation is known chiefly because of that star. Procyon, Betelgeuse, and Sirius form a great...
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Night Has a Thousand Eyes: A Naked-Eye Guide to the Sky, Its Science, Its Lore
Book by Arthur Upgren; Perseus, 2000
Subjects: Astronomy--Observers' Manuals, Astronomy--Popular Works
...lie the two brilliant stars Sirius and Procyon. With Betelgeuse they form an almost...the figure on page 64 in this chapter . Procyon, a zero-magnitude star, is white and...located due east of Orions famous shoulder. Procyon lies in Canis Minor, the small dog...
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Physics & Philosophy
Book by Sir James Jeans; The Macmillan Company, 1943
Subjects: Philosophy, Physics--Philosophy
...uneducated man being told he was going to be sent to Procyon. He would not know whether Procyon was a prison or a gin-palace, an island or a star. But he would know just as much about Procyon as our unaided a priori knowledge can tell us...
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Physics & philosophy
Book by James W. Jeans; Cambridge [Eng., 1943
Subjects: Philosophy, Physics--Philosophy
...uneducated man being told he was going to be sent to Procyon. He would not know whether Procyon was a prison or a gin-palace, an island or a star. But he would know just as much about Procyon as our unaided a priori knowledge can tell us...
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Popular Astronomy: Being the New Descriptive Astronomy
Book by Joel Dorman Steele; American Book Company, 1899
Subjects: Astronomy
...him among the stars; where Sirius and Procyon , his dog, follow him, the Pleiades...star of the first magnitude, Sirius and Procyon. 1 These two, with Betelgeux, Phaet...scattered between Gemini, Head of Hydra, Procyon, and Leo. In the midst of these is a...
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journal articles on: Procyon  - 59 results

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Seasonal Habitat Selection by Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in Intensively Managed Pine Forests of Central Mississippi
Journal article by Michael J. Chamberlain, L. Mike Conner, Bruce D. Leopold; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 147, 2002
Subjects: Animal behavior, Forests, Habitats, Mississippi, Rodents
Seasonal Habitat Selection by Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in Intensively Managed Pine Forests of Central Mississippi...generally not been applied to meso-carnivores. The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is an ecological generalist that occupies diverse habitats...
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Spatio-temporal Relationships among Adult Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in Central Mississippi
Journal article by Michael J. Chamberlain, Bruce D. Leopold; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 148, 2002
Subjects: Animal behavior, Mammals, Mississippi
Spatio-temporal Relationships among Adult Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in Central Mississippi by Michael J. Chamberlain...influence the distribution and spatial orientation of raccoons (Procyon lotor) across landscapes (Gehrt and Fritzell, 1998). Raccoons...
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Maternal Response to Conspecific Visits at Natal Dens in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor)
Journal article by Stephanie A. Hauver, Stanley D. Gehrt, Suzanne Prange; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 163, 2010
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal control, Females, Males, Mortality, Mothers, Trees
...Response to Conspecific Visits at Natal Dens in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) by Stephanie A. Hauver , Stanley D. Gehrt , Suzanne...as its impact on adult behavior is unknown. The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal carnivore, which...
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Seasonal Space Use and Habitat Selection of Adult Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in a Louisiana Bottomland Hardwood Forest
Journal article by Michael E. Byrne, Michael J. Chamberlain; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 166, 2011
Subjects: Animal behavior, Birds, Colleges & universities, Data collection, Floods, Food, Foraging behavior, Habitats, Levees & battures, Natural resources, Population density, Prairies, Reptiles & amphibians, Surface water
...Seasonal Space Use and Habitat Selection of Adult Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in a Louisiana Bottomland Hardwood Forest by Michael E. Byrne , Michael J. Chamberlain INTRODUCTION The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a generalist mesopredator whose behavioral and dietary...
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Effects of Landscape Composition and Structure on Core Use Areas of Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in a Prairie Landscape
Journal article by Michael J. Chamberlain, James Austin, Bruce D. Leopold, L. Wes Burger Jr.; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 158, 2007
Subjects: Aerial photography, Behavior, Habitats, Identification systems, Mortality, Telemetry, Wildlife
...Landscape Composition and Structure on Core Use Areas of Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) in a Prairie Landscape by Michael J. Chamberlain...Bruce D. Leopold , L. Wes Burger Jr INTRODUCTION Raccoons (Procyon lotor) have been extensively studied throughout their geographic...
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School Ships of the Maritime Academies
Magazine article by Robert T. McLaren; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, November 2005
...Newport saw action in Cuba during the Spanish American War and was replaced in 1931 when sail training ended. The former USS Procyon (AG-11), a Hog Islander built in 1919, served as flagship of the Navys Pacific Fleet Supply Train from 1923 to 1930 and...
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A View outside the Galaxy
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 103, October 1994
Subjects: Astronomy, Stars & galaxies
...Orion have led the charge across the October skies. At the beginning of the month, look for the red planet between the star Procyon, in Canis Minor, and Geminis Castor and Pollux. On the morning of the 28th, Mars is 7deg above the waning crescent moon...
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The Sky in October
Magazine article by Joe Rao; Natural History, Vol. 115, October 2006
Subjects: Astronomy, Autumnal equinox, Mercury, Planets, Saturn, Sun
...bluish, first-magnitude star Regulus, also in Leo. Of all the stars within thirty degrees of Saturn, only similarly hued Procyon, in the constellation Canis Minor, the little dog, shines brighter than the Ringed Planet. The edge of the rings continues...
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The Sky in June
Magazine article by Joe Rao; Natural History, Vol. 115, June 2006
Subjects: Astronomy, Planets, Space
...north latitude. Around the 9th, the planet may be easy to confuse with two bright stars, Capella, tar to its right, and Procyon, tar to its left. On the 27th, Mercury appears almost exactly in line with the "twin stars," Castor and Pollux, in the...


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newspaper articles on: Procyon  - 12 results

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Newport Company Researches Heroin Diagnosis
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 25, 2007
Subjects: Drug abuse
...diagnostic system for heroin addicts. Procyon Instruments of Newport is working with...dependent on heroin or not. According to Procyon, the test has the potential to drastically...and early sales are expected in 2008. Procyon develops and commercialises in the opto...
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Race Results
Newspaper article; Fraser Coast Chronicle (Hervey Bay, Australia), May 25, 2011
...2 9 12 4): $4,738.80. Scr: 5,11. Race 3: 1 Procyon $5.00 $1.70 4 Ziprossa $1.60 3 More Than Irish $5...Scr: 1L,4,7,15,16. EXTRA DOUBLE: 2 Swerte Bella 1 Procyon $22.40. OCF: 2 Swerte Bella 2 Big Bear Rock. DOUBLE...
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Tab Dividends
Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), May 25, 2011
...2 9 12 4): $4,738.80. Scr: 5,11. Race 3: 1 Procyon $5.00 $1.70 4 Ziprossa $1.60 3 More Than Irish $5...Scr: 1L,4,7,15,16. EXTRA DOUBLE: 2 Swerte Bella 1 Procyon $22.40. OCF: 2 Swerte Bella 2 Big Bear Rock. DOUBLE...
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Tab Dividends
Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), November 25, 2010
...Go $31.60. OCF: 4 Gondola Girl 2 Fantastic Force 5 Sway To Go. Warwick Farm Race 1: 7 Thrillers $5.40 $2.00 5 Procyon $3.30 2 Kim Divine $2.00. Q: $31.00. E: $49.70. T: $173.40. A2: 5-7 $12.80, 2-7 $3.80, 2...
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Masked Bandits Invade Our Shores
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 7, 2011
Subjects: Disease transmission
...The raccoon gets its name from the Algonquin word arakun, which means one who scratches with his hands Its scientific name, Procyon lotor, means washer dog, although it is a closer relative to the bear family The name comes from the raccoons habit of washing...
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encyclopedia articles on: Procyon  - 5 results

 
 
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Procyon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROCYON pro seon , brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor ; Bayer designation...i.e., before the Dog Star, Sirius , the brightest star in the sky. Procyon is a brilliant star in its own right, its apparent magnitude of 0.35...
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Raccoon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RACCOON nocturnal New World mammal of the genus Procyon. The common raccoon of North America, Procyon lotor, also called coon, is found from S Canada to South America, except in parts of the Rocky Mts. and in deserts. It has a stocky, heavily...
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Gemini
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, Castor and Pollux (north of the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor), are two of the brightest stars in the sky and were identified by the Greeks with two children, in most...
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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...work was continued and extended by his pupil Argelander . Through observing the variations of the proper motions of Sirius and Procyon, he concluded that they possessed dimmer companions, which was verified a century later by astronomers. Bessels works on...
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Canis Minor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Known as the Small Dog, Canis Minor is traditionally identified as one of Orions hunting dogs. It contains the bright star Procyon . The constellation reaches its highest point in the evening sky in late February...


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