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Its story

25 Canum Venaticorum shines white and crisp in the Hunting Dogs, nearly 199 light-years away. An A-type star at magnitude 4.82, its cold light contrasts with the deep red of La Superba, another jewel of the same constellation. Near Boötes and the Great Bear, it marks a sober point in a region of sky linked to Asterion and Chara, the two eternal hounds chasing the bear across the northern heavens.