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3 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 15.96°   Az: 26.09°   Direction: North-North-East

3 Canum Venaticorum is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

3 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 3 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 3 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 3 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Canum Venaticorum during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 21m 03s
+48° 50’ 34”
14h 39m 53s
03h 00m 57s

J2000

12h 19m 48s
+48° 59’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

136.46°
67.31°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Hypergiant

-0.71
M0III
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Canum Venaticorum is distant 517.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

158.73
517.46
8 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

3 Canum Venaticorum
SAO44127
SAO44127

Visibility from Your Location

3 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 18:39 UTC (altitude: 87.4°)