Star profile
HIP 67665
Variable starWhat is HIP 67665
Among the Hunting Dogs of Canes Venatici beats an orange type-K giant whose light departed six hundred years ago, when Gutenberg was testing his movable type and the printing press began to multiply human knowledge. It is a variable star, its brightness pulsing calmly —broader and brighter than the Sun, dressed in the copper hue that K stars reserve for their final movements. A flame that wavers like an ancient heart.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 67665 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 HIP 67665
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.76
- Distance
- 600.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 207.948° · Dec 34.444°
- Catalogue
- HIP 67665 · HD 120933
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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
- 25 Canum Venaticorum4.82
- HIP 662574.91
- HIP 645404.94