Procyon
noun
Pro·cy·on
ˈprō-sē-ˌän 
ˈprä-,
-ən
: the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor
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Looking directly upwards from Sirius, a bit more than halfway up the sky, one sees Procyon, the bright star of Canis Minor, the Little Dog.
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
One such is the Winter Triangle — formed by Sirius, Betelgeuse and Procyon — that's still visible in the southwest after sunset, but not for long.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
About all there is to the Little Dog is Procyon and the fainter star Gomeisa, just above and a little to the right of Procyon.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
From mid-northern latitudes, Procyon rises above the east-northeast horizon about 25 minutes before the more dazzling Sirius emerges above the east-southeast horizon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Here, Procyon uses versions of Mistral, Microsoft's PHI, and two flavors of Meta AI's Llama LLMs.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Above Procyon and to the left of Orion one can see Gemini, the Twins, and the two stars Castor and Pollux.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Blender’s test scores differed from Procyon AI and Adobe Premiere Pro, and showed a 10% increase in performance for the overclocked RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid over the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
The Surface Laptop scored 1,745 on the Procyon AI Score, while the MacBook Air managed 889.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
One such is the Winter Triangle — formed by Sirius, Betelgeuse and Procyon — that's still visible in the southwest after sunset, but not for long.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
About all there is to the Little Dog is Procyon and the fainter star Gomeisa, just above and a little to the right of Procyon.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
From mid-northern latitudes, Procyon rises above the east-northeast horizon about 25 minutes before the more dazzling Sirius emerges above the east-southeast horizon.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Here, Procyon uses versions of Mistral, Microsoft's PHI, and two flavors of Meta AI's Llama LLMs.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
Above Procyon and to the left of Orion one can see Gemini, the Twins, and the two stars Castor and Pollux.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Blender’s test scores differed from Procyon AI and Adobe Premiere Pro, and showed a 10% increase in performance for the overclocked RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid over the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
The Surface Laptop scored 1,745 on the Procyon AI Score, while the MacBook Air managed 889.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024
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“Procyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Procyon. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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