Chara (Star)

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From Ashburn , Chara is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:24 (EDT), 29° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:54, 87° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 06:09, 42° above your north-western horizon.

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Name Chara
Object type Star
Other names
Chara
β-CVn
Beta Canum Venaticorum
8-CVn
8 Canum Venaticorum
HR 4785[1]
HD 109358
NSV 5725
HIP 61317[3]
TYC 3020-2541-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1534011998572555776[4]
Position
Right ascension:12h33m43s [4]
Declination:+41°21'31" [4]
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Magnitude:
Variable
4.25 (V) [2]
4.96 (BT) [2]
4.31 (VT) [2]
4.09 (G) [4]
4.40 (BP) [4]
3.60 (RP) [4]
Distance:8.5 parsec
27.6 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.55
Proper motion (speed):762.9 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):292.5°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):4.61
Visibility from Ashburn

All times shown in Ashburn local time.

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39.04°N
77.49°W
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