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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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9 Canum Venaticorum

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 3.63°   Az: 346.00°   Direction: North-North-West

9 Canum Venaticorum is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

9 Canum Venaticorum visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Canum Venaticorum star
DSS2 image of 9 Canum Venaticorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Canum Venaticorum during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 39m 59s
+40° 44’ 06”
10h 45m 39s
23h 25m 38s

J2000

12h 38m 46s
+40° 52’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

132.88°
76.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 9 Canum Venaticorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Main-sequence

2.29
A7V
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Canum Venaticorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Canum Venaticorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Canum Venaticorum is distant 213.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

65.49
213.49
-15 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

9 Canum Venaticorum
SAO44265
SAO44265

Visibility from Your Location

9 Canum Venaticorum is circumpolar and transits at 20:52 UTC (altitude: 79.3°)