Binary star system in the constellation Canes Venatici
19 Canum Venaticorum is a binary star [ 7] system in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici , located approximately 238 light years from Sun based on its parallax . It is dimly visible to the naked eye as a white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.77.[ 2] The pair orbit each other with a period of 219.2 years and an eccentricity of 0.686.[ 7] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21 km/s.[ 6]
The magnitude +5.87 primary, component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A7 V.[ 3] It is 366[ 9] million years old with twice[ 4] the mass of the Sun and 2.5[ 8] times the Sun's radius . The star is radiating 25.5[ 4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,048 K.[ 9] It has a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 110 km/s.[ 4] As of 2012, its companion, designated component B, is a magnitude 9.48 star located 0.60 arcseconds from the primary along a position angle of 58°.[ 3]
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