Star profile
10 Canum Venaticorum
What is 10 Canum Venaticorum
10 Canum Venaticorum is a yellow G-type star lying just over fifty-seven light-years away, a cosmic neighbour of the Sun with a radius and mass quite similar to its own, though slightly smaller. It is somewhat older —around six billion years— and its iron content is a touch lower, suggesting an origin in a different galactic region. It dwells in Canes Venatici, the modest constellation traced by Hevelius beneath the handle of the Plough.
Where it is and when to see it
10 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 March: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 10 Canum Venaticorum
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 56.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 191.248° · Dec 39.279°
- Catalogue
- HIP 62207 · HD 110897
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Other stars in Canes Venatici
Canes Venatici has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Cor CaroliAlpha 2 Canum Venaticorum2.89
- CharaBeta Canum Venaticorum4.24
- 24 Canum Venaticorum4.68
- HIP 676055.89
- 17 Canum Venaticorum5.91
- HIP 677825.91
- HIP 672105.92
- HIP 669075.98