Cor Caroli

Canes Venatici · α2 CVn · HR 4915

HIP63125
Visual magnitude2.89
Right ascension (J2000)194.007°
Declination (J2000)38.3184°
WDS J12560+3819
IAU adoption2016/07/20

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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