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Corcaroli1

Alpha1 Canum Venaticorum

Corcaroli

Distance (Light Years) 110 ± 4
Visual Magnitude 2.89
Color (B-V)0.34

Description of the Star

Alpha1 Canum Venaticorum is a yellowish F0V main sequence star. The spectral type implies an effective temperature of 7400 K, a diameter 1.3 times that of the sun, and 1.7 times the mass. The star is 5.6 times the luminosity of the sun.

Other Designations For This Star


Flamsteed
12 Canum Venaticorum

Hipparcos Identifier (HIP Number)

Harvard Revised (HR Number)
4914

Henry Draper Catalog (HD Number)
112412

Bonner Durchmusterung (BD Number)
BD+39 2580
Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory compendium (SAO Number)		 63256

Fundamental Katalog (FK5 Number)
 

  


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