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Canum Venaticorum comparison table
Subject has right ascension has spectral type has declination is part of has surface temperature is an instance of has V magnitude has color has been observ has B-V magnitude has absorption line is usually part of is a kind of has apparent magnitude has synonym has definition
A star O, B, A, and early F  10000 K  white  H I early star  Star with spectral type A in which the spectrum of the Balmer lines of hydrogen attain their greatest strength. Helium lines can no longer be seen. Some metallic lines are present; in late A stars the H and K lines of ionized calcium appear. A0 stars have a color index of zero.
naked eye star   Milky Waygreater than 1000 Kelvin   for many centuries  asterismnaked eye objectbrighter than 5 A star visible without visual aids
Canum Venaticorum12 56 1.6A0pSiEuHg+38 19 6Milky Way10000 Knaked eye star2.90whitefor many centuries-0.12H Iasterism brighter than 5HR 4915 

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