Star profile
25 Canum Venaticorum
What is 25 Canum Venaticorum
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.
Where it is and when to see it
25 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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Astronomical data for 25 Canum Venaticorum
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.82
- Distance
- 198.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 204.365° · Dec 36.295°
- Catalogue
- HIP 66458 · HD 118623
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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
- 20 Canum Venaticorum4.72
- 5 Canum Venaticorum4.76
- HIP 676654.76
- HIP 662574.91
- HIP 645404.94