Chara - β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum)

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:47 | Tran: 20:50 | Set: 4:53

Alt: -15.89° Az: 14.64° Direction: North-North-East

Chara, also designated as β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum), is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

Chara visual magnitude is 4.26. Because of its moderate brightness, Chara 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 Chara - β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum) star

DSS2 image of Chara. The red arrow shows the motion of Chara during the next 1000 years (-11.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 34m 58s

Declination +41° 13’ 03”

Hour Angle 13h 15m 25s

Sidereal Time 01h 50m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 33m 44s

Declination +41° 21’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 136.1°

Galactic Latitude 75.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Chara - β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.26

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 4.65

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.59

Temperature 6007K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Chara is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Chara is distant 27.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 8.37

Distance (light year) 27.29

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.705 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.292"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Chara

Bayer designation β Canum Venaticorum
(beta Canum Venaticorum)

Flamsteed designation 8 Canum Venaticorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD109358

SAO Catalogue SAO44230

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP61317

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+42 2321

Gliese Catalogue Gl 475

FK5 Catalogue 470

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 5725

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Chara - β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum) rise, transit and set times from Moga, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 48.8° RISE 12:47

Max altitude: 79.6° TRANSIT 20:50

Azimuth: 311.2° SET 4:53

Name:	Moga, India
Latitude:	30° 48' 49.7" N
Longitude:	75° 10' 7.7" E
Timezone:	Asia/Kolkata

Set Location

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