3 Corvi

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:19 | Tran: 19:03 | Set: 22:48

Alt: -2.51° Az: 126.31° Direction: South-West

3 Corvi is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Corvus.

3 Corvi visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 3 Corvi is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 3 Corvi. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Corvi during the next 10000 years (-10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 12m 23s

Declination -23° 44’ 38”

Hour Angle 19h 53m 39s

Sidereal Time 08h 06m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 11m 03s

Declination -23° 36’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 291.12°

Galactic Latitude 38.34°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.71

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature 9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Corvi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Corvi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Corvi is distant 182.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 56.12

Distance (light year) 182.94

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.063 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 3 Corvi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD105850

SAO Catalogue SAO180546

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59394

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 3305

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Corvi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.7° RISE 15:19

Max altitude: 14.8° TRANSIT 19:03

Azimuth: 246.3° SET 22:48

Set Location

Other stars in Corvus