Canopus (disambiguation)
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Canopus may refer to:
- Canopus (or Alpha Carinae), the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina.
- Canopus, an Ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta.
- In the Roman Catholic Church, Canopus is a titular see of Egypt. [1]
- Canopus, in Homeric myth, the pilot of King Menelaus's ship.
- Canopus, a deity in Lakota mythology.
- Canopus, an Argentine sounding rocket.
- Canopus Corporation, a manufacturer of video editing cards and video editing software.
- HMS Canopus, two ships of the Royal Navy.
- "Canopus" was the name given to the first test of the French hydrogen bomb, on August 24, 1968, with a yield of 2.8 Mt.
- Canopus Lake, a lake in Clarence Fahnestock State Park in the USA.
- Canopus in Argos, a series of space fiction by Doris Lessing.Template:Disambig