Star profile

23 Canum Venaticorum

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 23 Canum Venaticorum

23 Canum Venaticorum is an orange K-type giant about 509 light-years away, in the small constellation of the Hunting Dogs that Hevelius traced in the seventeenth century. Its amber cast places it in a late phase of stellar evolution, already past the main sequence. Its light set out around the start of the sixteenth century, while Copernicus was quietly rewriting the inherited models of the cosmos.

Where it is and when to see it

23 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 89° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 16° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 50° S.

It ranks no. 17 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 510 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 23 Canum Venaticorum

Constellation: Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude: 5.60
Distance: 508.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 200.079° · Dec 40.151°
Catalogue: HIP 65072 · HD 116010

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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