A-type star · white star

17 CVn

206 lybrightness mag 5.91A9III-IV

Also catalogued as HR 4971 · HD 114447 · HIP 64246

7,500 K

temperature

5.91

apparent magnitude

15.09× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A9III-IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

206 years

at light speed from Earth

1.30×

as hot as the Sun

15.09×

the Sun's light output

1.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

17 CVnA-type

Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5025 →14 ly apart
25 CVn →22 ly apart
HR 5108 →28 ly apart
9 CVn →28 ly apart
HR 5204 →29 ly apart
19 CVn →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Canes Venatici

Cor Caroli →mag 2.9
Chara →mag 4.2
24 CVn →mag 4.7
20 CVn →mag 4.7
5 CVn →mag 4.8
25 CVn →mag 4.8
6 CVn →mag 5.0
21 CVn →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canes Venatici

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.