Star profile

HIP 67250

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

What is HIP 67250

In Canes Venatici, the small hunting dogs beside Boötes, shines an orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun yet noticeably more luminous due to its size. Its light took some 317 years to cross space: it set out while Newton was publishing his «Principia» and enlightened Europe was beginning to understand gravity. An amber glow, patient and steady, embodies that old northern light.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 67250 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 77° up.
From New York it culminates about 88° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 18° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 51° S.

It ranks no. 16 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 320 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 67250

Constellation: Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude: 5.51
Distance: 317.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 206.749° · Dec 38.543°
Catalogue: HIP 67250 · HD 120164

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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