Skip to main content
Stelvia
Back to the selector

Star profile

HIP 67194

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is HIP 67194

Among the Hunting Dogs, beside Ursa Major, shines an A-type white star 171 light-years away. Its light set out around 1855, as Florence Nightingale was revolutionising hospital medicine during the Crimean War. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its bluish-white hue reminds us that the night sky harbours precise colours behind its apparent uniformity.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 67194 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 80° 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. 27 in brightness among the 33 stars of Canes Venatici in our catalogue. To find it, start from Cor Caroli, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 170 years ago.

Find it on the sky map

It opens in your browser. Free, no account, nothing to install.

Leave your signature on HIP 67194

Your name and a message go up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.

Without a lock, someone else can replace your signature. How the lock works

We'll ask for an email to confirm it's you, no password.

Write my signature

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 HIP 67194

Constellation
Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude
5.88
Distance
171.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 206.557° · Dec 41.089°
Catalogue
HIP 67194 · HD 120047

A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.

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