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The '''Procyon System''' (pronounced /'proʊsɪən/) is a | {{SeeWikipedia|Procyon}} | ||
[[Image:Position Alpha Cmi.png|thumb|Alpha Canis Minoris, or Procyon.]] | |||
The '''Procyon System''', (pronounced /'proʊsɪən/) also referred to as '''α CMi''' or '''Alpha Canis Minoris''', is a binary star system situated 11.41 light years from the [[Sol System]]. The system consists of a white main sequence star of spectral type F5 IV-V, named Procyon A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA, named Procyon B. Its closest neighbor is [[Wikipedia:Luyten's star|Luyten's star]], 1.11 ly away. It is situated five days [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]] travel from the [[Epsilon Indi System]]. [[Arcadia]], a [[UNSC]] colony world is located in this system. | |||
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[[ | Arcadia was [[Battle of Arcadia|invaded]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] in [[2531]].<ref>''[http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=U5mTz1lOhsQ Halo Wars]''</ref> However, they left the system soon after without glassing the planet. A small number of human colonists remained on the planet, which was eventually glassed when the Covenant [[Second Battle of Arcadia|returned]] in [[2549]]. | ||
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