ρ-CrB (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , ρ-CrB is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:26 (EST), 21° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 45 minutes after the Sun at 20:00 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:57 – 3 hours and 47 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 22° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:32.

Name ρ-CrB
Object type Star
Other names
ρ-CrB
Rho Coronae Borealis
15-CrB
15 Coronae Borealis
HR 5968[1]
HD 143761
HIP 78459[3]
TYC 2576-2228-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1323427759184545536[4]
Position
Right ascension:16h01m02s [4]
Declination:+33°18'00" [4]
Constellation:Corona Borealis
Magnitude:5.41 (V) [2]
6.13 (BT) [2]
5.47 (VT) [2]
5.23 (G) [4]
5.55 (BP) [4]
4.75 (RP) [4]
Distance:17.5 parsec
57.1 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.56
Proper motion (speed):797.3 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):194.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):4.20

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