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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 73° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 22° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 56° S.
It ranks no. 6 in brightness among the 33 stars of Canes Venatici in our catalogue. To find it, start from Cor Caroli, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 600 years ago.
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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