Cor Caroli

Canes Venatici · CVn · α2 CVn · HR 4915 · HIP 63125 · magnitude 2.89

The name first appeared in 1673 on the northern half of a pair of celestial hemispheres that accompanied a book called Astroscopium by the English cartographer Francis Lamb. He labelled the star Cor Caroli Regis Martyri…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 4915

HIP

63125

Bayer ID

α2 CVn

Visual magnitude

2.89

Right ascension (J2000)

194.007°

Declination (J2000)

38.3184°

IAU adoption

2016/07/20

Name origin

The name first appeared in 1673 on the northern half of a pair of celestial hemispheres that accompanied a book called Astroscopium by the English cartographer Francis Lamb. He labelled the star Cor Caroli Regis Martyris, a reference to the fact that King Charles I was beheaded, or ‘martyred’, as Lamb loyally put it (Charles had declared himself ‘martyr of the people’ at his execution).

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