λ-CrB (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , λ-CrB is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 25° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 26 minutes after the Sun at 20:42 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:28 – 4 hours and 12 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 23° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:29.
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Name
λ-CrB
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h55m47s [4] |
| Declination: | +37°56'50" [4] |
| Constellation: | Corona Borealis |
| Magnitude: | 5.43 (V) [2] 5.84 (BT) [2] 5.47 (VT) [2] 5.36 (G) [4] 5.52 (BP) [4] 5.03 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 42.1 parsec 137.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.32 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 84.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 20.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.31 |
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