24 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon. Circumpolar today

Alt: 61.69° Az: 77.36° Direction: East-North-East

24 Canum Venaticorum is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

24 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 4.7. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 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.

DSS2 image of 24 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Canum Venaticorum during the next 1000 years (-2.12 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 35m 28s

Declination +48° 53’ 23”

Hour Angle 21h 01m 05s

Sideral Time 10h 36m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 34m 27s

Declination +49° 00’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 104.99°

Galactic Latitude 66.59°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 24 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.7

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Canum Venaticorum is distant 190.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 58.41

Distance (light year) 190.42

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.127 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Canum Venaticorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD118232

SAO Catalogue SAO44668

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66234

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+49 2227

FK5 Catalogue 3083

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6322

Visibility from Your Location

24 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 12:09 UTC (altitude: 87.4°)

Set Location

Other stars in Canes Venatici