Kornephoros (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Kornephoros is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 16° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 04:14 (PST) – 2 hours and 27 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 16° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:44.
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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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