Procyon A size and scale context

Procyon A is the bright F-type primary of the Procyon binary and has begun to swell beyond an ordinary main-sequence star. Its faint companion, Procyon B, is already a white dwarf, so the pair gives astronomers a nearby before-and-after snapshot of stellar evolution in one system. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

Proxima CentauriRed dwarf star·215,000 km
61 Cygni AK-type main-sequence star·925,000 km
SunG-type main-sequence star·1.39 million km
Procyon AF-type subgiant star·2.84 million km
Spica AB-type giant/subgiant star·10.4 million km

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