List of stars in Canes Venatici explained

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canes Venatici, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B	F	Var	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
	α^2	12		112413	63125			2.89	0.25	114	A0spe...	prototype α² CVn variable, ; binary star with α^1 CVn
	β	8		109358	61317			4.24	4.63	27	G0V	Chara, Asterion; solar analog; suspected variable,
		24		118232	66234			4.68	0.85	190	A5V	suspected variable,
		20	AO	115604	64844			4.72	0.00	286	F3III	δ Sct variable,
			AW	120933	67665			4.76	−1.58	604	K5III	semiregular variable,
		5		107950	60485			4.77	−0.64	393	G7III	Xiāng (相);^[1] suspected eclipsing binary,
		25		118623	66458			4.82	0.97	192	A7III	binary star
			BH	118216	66257			4.91	1.67	145	F2IV SB	RS CVn variable,
				115004	64540			4.94	−1.08	522	K0III
		6		108225	60646			5.01	0.79	227	G8III-IV	variable star,
		21	BK	115735	64906			5.13	0.51	275	A0V	α² CVn variable,
		14		113797	63901			5.20	0.51	282	B9V	suspected variable,
		3		107274	60122			5.28	−0.72	517	M0III	suspected variable
				109317	61309			5.42	0.86	266	K0IIICN...
			Y	110914	62223			5.42	−1.27	710	C7Iab	semiregular variable,
				120164	67250			5.51	0.67	304	K0III+...
		23		116010	65072			5.60	−0.91	655	K1III
	α^1	12		112412	63121			5.61	2.78	120.2	F0V	component of the Cor Caroli system
				120420	67384			5.61	0.71	311	K0III
				113847	63916			5.64	−0.21	483	K1III	suspected variable,
		2		106690	59831			5.69	−1.35	834	M1III
			TU	112264	63024			5.75	−0.92	704	M5III	semiregular variable,
		19		115271	64692			5.77	1.39	245	A7V
				115723	64927			5.81	−0.14	504	K4.5III
			DT	111604	62641			5.87	0.50	387	A3V	δ Sct variable
				116957	65550			5.88	0.68	357	K0III:
				120047	67194			5.88	2.33	167	A5V
				120819	67605			5.89	−0.69	676	M2III	variable star,
		17		114447	64246			5.91	1.95	202	A9III-IV	γ Dor variable,
				121164	67782			5.91	1.86	211	A7V
				120048	67210			5.92	0.46	403	G9III
		10		110897	62207			5.95	4.75	57	G0V
				119458	66907			5.98	0.11	486	G5III
				114357	64212			6.01	1.20	299	K3III
				115810	64979			6.01	1.94	213	F0IV
		4	AI	107904	60467			6.03	0.98	334	F3IV	δ Sct variable,
				117710	65951			6.07	1.53	263	K2III
			CL	116581	65376			6.10	−1.74	1207	M3III	slow irregular variable,
				112570	63211			6.12	0.99	344	K0III-IV	suspected variable,
		7		108845	60988			6.21	2.94	147	F7V
				119035	66690			6.21	0.12	540	G5II:
				119081	66725			6.22	0.88	382	K3III
				109345	61320			6.24	0.94	374	K0III
		11		111421	62516			6.25	0.49	463	A6m
				112171	62972			6.25	1.89	243	A7IV
		15		114376	64217			6.25	−1.48	1144	B7III
				122675	68567			6.28	0.17	544	K2III
				119445	66892			6.30	−1.00	942	G6III
				121682	68065			6.31	2.01	236	F4IV-V
				107610	60305			6.33	1.46	307	K2III
				110834	62172			6.34	1.54	298	F6IV
				116303	65230			6.34	0.60	458	A7m	suspected variable,
		9		109980	61692			6.35	2.27	213	A7Vn	suspected variable
				118156	66223			6.37	2.20	223	F0IV
			AX	110066	61748			6.39	0.44	505	A0p SrCrEu	α² CVn variable,
				117361	65754			6.42	1.97	253	F0IV
				120600	67483			6.43	2.37	212	A7IV-V
				121197	67778			6.48	−1.64	1370	K5
				117261	65723			6.49	0.88	432	G8III
				111572	62600			6.50	0.58	497	K1III	suspected variable,
				114975	64530			6.50	−1.58	1347	M0
			V	115898	65006			6.74	-2.46	2260	M6IIIa	semiregular variable,
			DD	108100	60571			7.15	2.58	267.4	F2V	γ Dor variable,
			BM	116204	65187			7.21	1.94	368	K2III	RS CVn variable,
			R	120499	67410			7.40	-2.51	3130	M6IIIe	Mira variable,
				109995	61696			7.64	0.46	891	A0p	horizontal-branch star
			BL	115781	64956			8.13	1.5	691	K1III	rotating ellipsoidal variable,
			RS	114519	64293			8.23	3.06	352	F4V+...	prototype RS CVn variable,
			TT	112869	63389			8.91			Rp...	semiregular variable
				115444	64786			8.97	1.72	918	G9V	barium star
			TX					9.34			B1-B9Veq + K0III-M4	Z And and rotating ellipsoidal variable,
			VZ	117777	66017			9.35	1.1	1460	F3V + F6V	Algol and γ Dor variable,
					65407			9.42	8.29	55	K0	has two planets (b & c)
					66625			10.26	9.69	42.41	M2.0V	possibly has a planet
			BI		63701			10.31	3.41	782	F9V	W UMa variable,
			W		68908			10.49	-0.39	4900	F2III	RR Lyr variable,
			BF		63253			10.52	9.1	62.78	M0.0V	binary star; BY Dra variable and flare star,
			ST		68188			11.21			A1	RR Lyr variable,
			UZ		61029			12.11	4.76	964	A8	RR Lyr variable
			Z					12.12			A5	RR Lyr variable,
			DG					12.19	12.69	25.9	M4.0V	flare star and BY Dra variable
								12.26	4.75	1034		Tuiren; has a transiting planet (Bran)
			UX								B2	rotating ellipsoidal variable and eclipsing binary
								12.84			K5	has a transiting planet
			AM					14.18	9.15	330	DBp	prototype AM CVn star
			BG					15.33			DA4.4	ZZ Cet variable,

See also

• List of stars by constellation

References

• Web site: ESA . European Space Agency . The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues . 1997 . 26 December 2006 .
• Web site: Kostjuk . N. D. . HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index . 2002 . 26 December 2006 .
• Web site: Roman . N. G. . Identification of a Constellation from a Position . 1987 . 26 December 2006 .
• Web site: Samus . N. N. . Durlevich. O. V.. etal . Combined General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2) . 2004 . 4 April 2012 .
• Web site: Samus . N. N. . Durlevich. O. V.. etal . General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS database, version 2012Feb) . 2012 . 4 April 2012 .
• Web site: AAVSO Website . American Association of Variable Star Observers . 9 March 2014 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/canesvenatici.htm Ian Ridpath's Startales - Canis Venatici the Hunting Dogs