Star profile
19 Canum Venaticorum
What is 19 Canum Venaticorum
19 Canum Venaticorum stands within the Hunting Dogs —a small constellation introduced by Hevelius in the 17th century, just south of the Greater Bear. It is a white A-type star about 242 light-years away, hotter and brighter than the Sun. Its light slipped free around 1784, during the cataloguing fever of Messier and the Herschels.
Where it is and when to see it
19 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 79° up.
- From New York it culminates about 90° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 49° S.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 33 stars of Canes Venatici in our catalogue. To find it, start from Cor Caroli, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 19 Canum Venaticorum
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.77
- Distance
- 241.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 198.883° · Dec 40.855°
- Catalogue
- HIP 64692 · HD 115271
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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 639165.64
- 2 Canum Venaticorum5.69
- HIP 630245.75
- HIP 649275.81
- HIP 626415.87