2-CVn (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 2-CVn is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:19 (EDT), 46° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:17, 88° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:14, 36° above your north-western horizon.
|
Name
2-CVn
|
Object type
Star
|
Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h16m07s [4] |
| Declination: | +40°39'36" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 5.69 (V) [2] 7.77 (BT) [2] 5.86 (VT) [2] 4.93 (G) [4] 5.93 (BP) [4] 3.94 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 221.2 parsec 721.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.63 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 36.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 152.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.04 |
Sources