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Loading contentLa Superba is a star in the constellation Canes Venatici (Canum Venaticorum), lying about 1,045.4 light-years from Earth.
Class C (carbon star). Cool carbon stars — evolved red giants whose atmospheres hold more carbon than oxygen, giving them a striking deep-red, ruby colour. Such stars have surface temperatures around ≤ 3,200 K and appear deep red to the eye.
| Spectral type | C7Iab |
| Luminosity class | Iab |
| Apparent magnitude | 5.42 |
| Absolute magnitude | -2.11 |
| Luminosity (Sun = 1) | 608 |
| Colour index (B−V) | 2.994 |
| Distance | 1,045.4 ly (320.51 pc) |
Values are real catalogue data; fields without a reliable value are omitted, never estimated.
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Aggregated, openly-licensed star catalogue combining Hipparcos, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, and the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
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