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11 Canum Venaticorum

Altitude: 73.2°   Azimuth: 269.8°   Direction: West

11 Canum Venaticorum is a star in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

11 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its reltive faintness, 11 Canum Venaticorum should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 11 Canum Venaticorum:

6.27

11 Canum Venaticorum is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 73.2°
Azimuth: 269.8°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 11 Canum Venaticorum

11 Canum Venaticorum is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 11 Canum Venaticorum are provided in the following table:

12h 48m 41s
+48° 28’ 00”
124.18°
68.66°
Canes Venatici

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 11 Canum Venaticorum in the sky:

Finder chart 11 Canum Venaticorum star
Simplified finder chart for 11 Canum Venaticorum.

Visibility of 11 Canum Venaticorum from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

11 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 07:53 UTC (altitude: 87.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 11 Canum Venaticorum

The image below is a photograph of 11 Canum Venaticorum from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 11 Canum Venaticorum is -0.065 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 11 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 11 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Canum Venaticorum during the next 10000 years (-10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 11 Canum Venaticorum from the Sun and relative movement

11 Canum Venaticorum is distant 463.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

142.05 pc
463.07 ly
-2 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/year
0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 11 Canum Venaticorum

11 Canum Venaticorum belongs to spectral class A6

0.51
A6
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 11 Canum Venaticorum

11 Canum Venaticorum
SAO44332
SAO44332