Chara

"dear"

Other Names

Beta Canum Venaticorum

HR 4785

HD 109358

Data

RA 12 33 44.5

Dec +41 21 27

V 4.26

B-V +0.59

Spectral Type G0V

Chara is the name assigned either to this star or, more generally, to the "southern hound" of the constellation Canes Venatici; the northern "hound" is called Asterion, a name not generally assigned any particular star.

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