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Delta Canis Majoris, 25 Canis Majoris
An immense and highly luminous supergiant star in the constellation of Canis Major. Although it is nearly 1,800 light years from Earth, it still has a magnitude greater than +2, comparable with the Pole Star Polaris. Its absolute magnitude approaches -7, so that if it was ten parsecs from Earth, it would easily outshine any of the planets.
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