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English: Canopus is a white aging bright giant 310 ly away in the constellation of Carina - The second-brightest star in the night sky, after Sirius - 71 times the Sun's diameter - Has already passed through the red-giant branch after exhausting the hydrogen in its core and is now in the blue loop phase -
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