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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:45 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 21:19
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ε Coronae Borealis (epsilon Coronae Borealis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:02 | Tran: 22:37 | Set: 7:16
Alt: 54.29°   Az: 120.47°   Direction: South-South-West

ε Coronae Borealis is a multiple giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

ε Coronae Borealis visual magnitude is 4.15. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Coronae Borealis 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 ε Coronae Borealis (epsilon Coronae Borealis) star
DSS2 image of ε Coronae Borealis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Coronae Borealis during the next 10000 years (-12.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 58m 38s
+26° 48’ 20”
21h 42m 45s
13h 41m 24s

J2000

15h 57m 35s
+26° 52’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

43.65°
48.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Coronae Borealis (epsilon Coronae Borealis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.15
Giant

-0.09
K2III
4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ε Coronae Borealis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ε Coronae Borealis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

ε Coronae Borealis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ε Coronae Borealis double sysyem:

4.15
11.45
7.3
101.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Coronae Borealis is distant 229.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

70.42
229.58
-31 km/s
-0.076 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Coronae Borealis
(epsilon Coronae Borealis)
13 Coronae Borealis
SAO84098
SAO84098

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 63.2°
Max altitude: 65.3°
Azimuth: 296.8°