κ-CrB (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , κ-CrB is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 22° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 51 minutes after the Sun at 20:19 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:59 – 3 hours and 46 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 21° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:36.
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Name
κ-CrB
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h51m13s [4] |
| Declination: | +35°39'21" [4] |
| Constellation: | Corona Borealis |
| Magnitude: | 4.80 (V) [2] 6.08 (BT) [2] 4.91 (VT) [2] 4.51 (G) [4] 5.03 (BP) [4] 3.86 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 30.0 parsec 97.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.99 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 348.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 181.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.42 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.