- Stars with a name
- Cor Caroli B
Cor Caroli B
α¹ Canum Venaticorum
Cor Caroli B is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Canes Venatici. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1906.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in February, March, April, May, June, and July.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.61.
What it’s like
It gives off 6.8 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 7,000 degrees Celsius.
It is 120.4 light years away: 1139 trillion kilometres.