Talk:Canopus

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[edit] Tidy-up

I added the detail of the star's ancient role as a 'southern pole-star', and turned the mention of Canopus in Argos into a working link. I also created subheaders and moved a couple of paragraphs to a more logical order.

--GwydionM 19:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Discussion of fiction has been moved to Stars and planetary systems in fiction --GwydionM 17:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Herbert's Arrakis?

Is identification of Canopus as the Arrakis in Frank Herbert's Dune correct, from the text of the novel itself? Arrakis is one form of the Arabic name for Mu Draconis, HR 6370. BSVulturis 22:06, 19 September 2006 (UTC)