Kornephoros (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Kornephoros is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:52, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:43, 70° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:35, 67° above your south-western horizon.
Name
Kornephoros
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 16h30m13s [6] |
Declination: | +21°29'22" [6] |
Constellation: | Hercules |
Magnitude: Variable | 2.78 (V) [3] 3.98 (BT) [2] 2.88 (VT) [2] 2.55 (G) [6] 3.37 (BP) [6] 2.23 (RP) [6] |
Distance: | 45.4 parsec 148.2 lightyrs [6] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.94 |
Proper motion (speed): | 99.9 mas/yr[6] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 261.4° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -0.51 |
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