Star profile

HIP 67384

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

What is HIP 67384

In Canes Venatici —the hunting dogs that pursue the Bear— lives an orange K-type star. Its light spent some two hundred eighty-four years reaching us: it left when Newton had just published the Principia and celestial mechanics was making its debut as a science. Cooler and more golden than the Sun, it shines in a tranquil amber tone. To look at it is to glimpse the light of a cosmos contemporary with the early Enlightenment.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 67384 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 70° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 25° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.

It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 33 stars of Canes Venatici in our catalogue. To find it, start from Cor Caroli, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 67384

Constellation: Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude: 5.61
Distance: 284.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 207.161° · Dec 31.190°
Catalogue: HIP 67384 · HD 120420

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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