Chara (Beta Canum Venaticorum) - Star Facts
Feb 27, 2021 · Chara, Beta Canum Venaticorum (β CVn) is a Sun-like yellow main sequence star located in the constellation Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs. With an apparent magnitude of 4.26, it is the second brightest star in the constellation, after Cor Caroli .
Chara - β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum) - Star …
Chara, also designated as β Canum Venaticorum (beta Canum Venaticorum), is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Chara visual magnitude is 4.26.
Chara - stars.astro.illinois.edu
Not terribly bright, just fourth magnitude (4.26), Chara (Beta Canum Venaticorum) is the fainter of the pair of stars that dominate the modern constellation of Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, invented by Hevelius in the mid-1600s.
Canes Venatici Constellation - Facts & Features - The Planets
Chara, also known as Beta Canum Venaticorum, is the second brightest star in Canes Venatici. It is a G-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of 4.26. It is approximately 27.4 light years from Earth and is similar to the Sun in terms of age, mass and stage of evolution.
Chara (Beta Canum Venaticorum) - David Darling
Chara (Beta Canum Venaticorum) is the second brightest star in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs); its Greek name name means "dear" or "joy." Chara is one of the nearest Sunlike stars.
eSky: Chara
Chara in Canes Venatici shines against a field of galaxies in the sky. Two of these are visible in the northwest of this image: the Cocoon Galaxy, NGC 4490, and its small companion NGC 4485. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas. Though similar to the Sun in many ways, Chara is by no means identical.
Chara (Star) - In-The-Sky.org
From Virginia Beach , Chara is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:41 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 30° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:14.
A Colossal Star Erupts: Examining One of the Largest Stars in the …
Jan 8, 2024 · ATLANTA — Astronomers from Georgia State University’s CHARA Array have captured the first close-up images of a massive star known as RW Cephei that recently experienced a strange fading event. The images are providing new clues about what’s happening around the massive star approximately 16,000 light years from Earth.
A Giant Star is Fading Away. But First, it Had an Enormous Eruption
Jan 10, 2024 · Astronomers from Georgia State University’s CHARA Array have captured the first close-up images of a massive star known as RW Cephei that recently experienced a strange fading event.
CHARA - Mount Wilson Observatory
In terms of the number and size of its individual telescopes, its ability to operate at visible and near infrared wavelengths, and its longest baselines of 330 meters, the CHARA Array is arguably the most powerful instrument of its kind in the world.
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