Star profile

3 Canum Venaticorum

Cool red star

3D likeness based on its real data · class M · ~3,200 K

What is 3 Canum Venaticorum

3 Canum Venaticorum is one of those rare M-type stars visible to the unaided eye: a cool red giant set in the Hunting Dogs, just under the tail of the Great Bear. It glows with a deep reddish tone 590 light-years away, a stellar ember whose surface hovers around 3,500 K —far cooler than the Sun yet swollen to imposing dimensions. Through binoculars its warm colour stands clearly apart from the blue-white of its neighbours.

Where it is and when to see it

3 Canum Venaticorum lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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Astronomical data for 3 Canum Venaticorum

Constellation: Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude: 5.28
Distance: 589.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 184.953° · Dec 48.984°
Catalogue: HIP 60122 · HD 107274

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Other stars in Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Canes Venatici