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23 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 68.15°   Az: 111.01°   Direction: East-South-East

23 Canum Venaticorum is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

23 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 5.6. Because of its faintness, 23 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 23 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 23 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Canum Venaticorum during the next 10000 years (-9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 21m 27s
+40° 01’ 04”
22h 12m 04s
11h 33m 31s

J2000

13h 20m 18s
+40° 09’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

100.09°
75.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 23 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.6
Giant

-0.91
K1III
4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

23 Canum Venaticorum is distant 654.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

200.80
654.62
-21 km/s
-0.058 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

23 Canum Venaticorum
SAO44570
SAO44570

Visibility from Your Location

23 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 21:45 UTC (altitude: 78.5°)