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public  Tucacas, Venezuela Tucacas, Venezuela  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Caracas
Sunrise: 6:16 
Transit: 12:37 
Sunset: 18:58
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δ Crateris (delta Crateris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:14 | Tran: 17:01 | Set: 22:51
Alt: -9.76°   Az: 103.48°   Direction: East-South-East

δ Crateris is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Crater.

δ Crateris visual magnitude is 3.56. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Crateris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of δ Crateris (delta Crateris) star
DSS2 image of δ Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Crateris during the next 1000 years (-2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 20m 37s
-14° 55’ 06”
17h 30m 38s
04h 51m 15s

J2000

11h 19m 20s
-14° 46’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

272.07°
42.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Crateris (delta Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.56
Giant

-0.32
G8III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ Crateris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ Crateris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Crateris is distant 194.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

59.70
194.63
-5 km/s
-0.122 arcsec/y
0.208"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Crateris
(delta Crateris)
12 Crateris
SAO156605
SAO156605

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ Crateris (delta Crateris) rise, transit and set times from Tucacas, Venezuela are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Caracas):

Azimuth: 104.9°
Max altitude: 64.3°
Azimuth: 255.1°