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25 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:16 | Tran: 22:39 | Set: 9:06
Alt: 36.45°   Az: 284.48°   Direction: West-North-West

25 Canum Venaticorum is a multiple giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

25 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, 25 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 25 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 25 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Canum Venaticorum during the next 1000 years (-1.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 38m 35s
+36° 09’ 59”
04h 58m 53s
18h 37m 29s

J2000

13h 37m 27s
+36° 17’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

78.96°
76.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 25 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Giant

0.97
A7III
7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

25 Canum Venaticorum is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 25 Canum Venaticorum double sysyem:

4.82
6.82
2
1.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Canum Venaticorum is distant 191.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

58.79
191.65
-6 km/s
-0.099 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

25 Canum Venaticorum
SAO63648
SAO63648

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Canum Venaticorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.8°
Max altitude: 74.7°
Azimuth: 306.2°