Cor-Caroli (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Cor-Caroli is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:17 (EDT), 35° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:09, 87° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:34, 40° above your western horizon.
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Name
Cor-Caroli
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h56m01s [6] |
| Declination: | +38°19'07" [6] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.89 (V) [3] 2.81 (BT) [2] 2.87 (VT) [2] 2.90 (G) [6] 3.16 (BP) [6] 2.94 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 30.6 parsec 99.6 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 240.2 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 283.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.46 |
Sources