14 Canum Venaticorum

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:04 | Tran: 14:19 | Set: 0:33

Alt: -2.77° Az: 356.53° Direction: North

14 Canum Venaticorum is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

14 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 14 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.

DSS2 image of 14 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Canum Venaticorum during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 06m 53s

Declination +35° 40’ 01”

Hour Angle 11h 42m 54s

Sideral Time 00h 49m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 05m 44s

Declination +35° 47’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 104.46°

Galactic Latitude 80.81°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 14 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.25

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.56

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Canum Venaticorum is distant 282.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 86.58

Distance (light year) 282.25

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Canum Venaticorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD113797

SAO Catalogue SAO63338

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63901

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 2337

FK5 Catalogue 1337

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6089

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Canum Venaticorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.3° RISE 4:04

Max altitude: 74.2° TRANSIT 14:19

Azimuth: 305.7° SET 0:33

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Canes Venatici