19 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon. Circumpolar today

Alt: 24.07° Az: 305.89° Direction: North-West

19 Canum Venaticorum is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

19 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Canum Venaticorum during the next 1000 years (-1.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 16m 38s

Declination +40° 43’ 30”

Hour Angle 06h 50m 15s

Sideral Time 20h 06m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 15m 32s

Declination +40° 51’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 104.57°

Galactic Latitude 75.4°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 19 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.41

Spectral Type A7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Canum Venaticorum is distant 244.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 75.08

Distance (light year) 244.74

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.108 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Canum Venaticorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD115271

SAO Catalogue SAO44531

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64692

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+41 2374

Visibility from Your Location

19 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 13:20 UTC (altitude: 79.2°)

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

Location

Other stars in Canes Venatici