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10 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 23.02°   Az: 55.42°   Direction: North-East

10 Canum Venaticorum is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

10 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 10 Canum Venaticorum is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 10 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 10 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Canum Venaticorum during the next 1000 years (-5.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 46m 11s
+39° 08’ 30”
17h 10m 50s
05h 57m 01s

J2000

12h 44m 59s
+39° 16’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

128.81°
77.78°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Hypergiant

4.75
G0V
6170K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Canum Venaticorum is distant 56.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 81 kilometers per second.

17.37
56.63
81 km/s
-0.355 arcsec/y
0.139"/y

Alternative Designations

10 Canum Venaticorum
SAO63177
SAO63177

Visibility from Your Location

10 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 03:16 UTC (altitude: 77.7°)