Nusakan (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , Nusakan is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:08 (EST) – 3 hours and 40 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:38.

Name Nusakan
Object type Star
Other names
Nusakan
β-CrB
Beta Coronae Borealis
3-CrB
3 Coronae Borealis
HR 5747[1]
HD 137909
HIP 75695[3]
TYC 2032-1605-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:15h27m49s [2]
Declination:+29°06'20" [2]
Constellation:Corona Borealis
Magnitude:
Variable
3.64 (V) [2]
3.99 (BT) [2]
3.67 (VT) [2]
Distance:34.3 parsec
111.8 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.27
Proper motion (speed):199.6 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):295.5°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.97

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