The location of Alpha Carinae and Canopus III on "The Explored Galaxy" wall chart
Canopus Planet was an inhabited planet in the Canopus planetary system. This planet was located in the Alpha Quadrant.
In 1996, the poet Tarbolde wrote the famous love sonnet "Nightingale Woman" on this planet. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art)
Background
"The Explored Galaxy" was a Federation star chart of the Alpha Quadrant. The Tholian Assembly and Romulus/Remus were identified in dialog as being located in the Alpha Quadrant. (DS9: "The Search, Part I", "Call to Arms")
In the script of "Where No Man Has Gone Before", this planet was referred to as "a Canopus planet", not "the Canopus planet".
Canopus Planet was located in or near Federation space, in the Beta Quadrant. (Star Trek: Star Charts: pg. 65)
Lieutenant Nara, seen in TNG: "Eye of the Beholder", was from Canopus Planet. (Star Trek: Starship Creator bios)
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