Canopus (or Alpha Carinae) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina.
Canopus may also refer to: Canopus (insect), Neotropical bug genus Canopus (mythology), in Homeric myth, the pilot of King Menelaus's ship Canopus (nuclear test) was the name given to the first test of the French hydrogen bomb, in 1968, with a yield of 2.8 megatons Canopus (Thrace), a town of ancient Thrace, a suburb of Byzantium Canopus, Egypt, an ancient Egyptian city near modern-day Abu Qir, in the Nile Delta Canopus 2, an Argentine sounding rocket Canopus Corporation, a manufacturer of video editing cards and video editing software Canopus G-ADHL, a Short Empire flying boat Canopus in Argos, a series of space fiction by Doris Lessing Canopic jar, ancient Egyptian vessel for storing organs removed by mummification procedure Canopus Lake, a lake in Clarence Fahnestock State Park in New York State, USA
HMS Canopus, two ships of the Royal Navy USS Canopus, three ships of the United States Navy