TU-CVn (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , TU-CVn is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:17 (EDT), 41° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:00, 85° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:16, 45° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
TU-CVn
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h54m56s [4] |
| Declination: | +47°11'48" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.87 (V) [2] 7.73 (BT) [2] 6.02 (VT) [2] 4.21 (G) [4] 6.07 (BP) [4] 2.98 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 239.7 parsec 781.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.45 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 246.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.03 |
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.