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20 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 70.96°   Az: 243.42°   Direction: West-South-West

20 Canum Venaticorum is a variable giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

20 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 4.73. Because of its moderate brightness, 20 Canum Venaticorum is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 20 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 20 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Canum Venaticorum during the next 1000 years (-2.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 18m 40s
+40° 26’ 26”
01h 30m 11s
14h 48m 51s

J2000

13h 17m 32s
+40° 34’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

102.73°
75.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 20 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.73
Giant

0.01
F3III
7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Canum Venaticorum is distant 286.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

87.80
286.22
8 km/s
-0.125 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

20 Canum Venaticorum
SAO44549
SAO44549

Visibility from Your Location

20 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 03:29 UTC (altitude: 79.0°)