Beta Canum Venaticorum

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Beta_Canum_Venaticorum
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
stellar classification
gptkbp:age 3.5 billion years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 4.26
gptkbp:BayerDesignation β Canum Venaticorum
gptkbp:catalogue BD+41 2383
GJ 505
Gliese 505
HD 115404
HIP 63121
HR 5015
LHS 2520
SAO 62956
gptkbp:colorIndexB-V 0.60
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Canes_Venatici
gptkbp:containsPlanet no confirmed planets
gptkbp:declination +40° 24′ 37″
gptkbp:diameter 1.1 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy known since antiquity
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 27.4 light-years
gptkbp:FlamsteedDesignation 8 Canum Venaticorum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beta Canum Venaticorum
gptkbp:IAUApprovedName gptkb:Chara
gptkbp:luminosity 1.5 solar luminosities
gptkbp:mass 1.05 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] = -0.07
gptkbp:name gptkb:Chara
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Chara
gptkbp:parallax 119.1 mas
gptkbp:radialVelocity -9.3 km/s
gptkbp:rightAscension 13h 11m 52.4s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod 2.8 km/s
gptkbp:spectralType G0V
gptkbp:variant no
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canum_Venaticorum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7