Chara
HIP 61317; Beta CVn; 8 CVn
HIP 61317; Beta CVn; 8 CVn
DoubleStar
CVn
Visible
Level 3
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
4.26
Variable Type
Beta Cephei (Pulsating)
Spectral Type
G0V
Star Color
Yellow
(B-V 0.59)
Distance
28 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
12h 33m 44.5s
Dec
+41° 21' 27.0"
Constellation
CVn
HR
4785
HIP
61317
Bayer
Beta
Flamsteed
8 CVn
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Multiple Star System B: optical
Separation
265.7″
Companion Mag
10.7
Position Angle
199°
Star Colors
A: Yellow
Discoverer
BU 1433
Eyepiece View
32x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 1.6°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 265.7″ · PA: 199° · N up, E left
Resolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Beta CVn amp. 0.05V.
2429.9d, K 2.6k/s, V0 +6.5k/s, asini 75.7. Orbit questioned by Morbey and Griffin (1987, ApJ, 317, 343). | Resolved by speckle interferometry 1978.40, sep. 0.110"; however, unresolved on numerous other occasions, so measure | must be confirmed.
Chara is the name assigned either to this star or, more generally, to the "southern hound" of the constellation Canes | Venatici; the northern "hound" is called Asterion, a name not generally assigned any particular star.
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