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ε Crateris (epsilon Crateris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:58 | Tran: 2:04 | Set: 7:06
Alt: -49.27°   Az: 8.27°   Direction: North

ε Crateris is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Crater.

ε Crateris visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Crateris (epsilon Crateris) star
DSS2 image of ε Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Crateris during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 25m 52s
-10° 59’ 51”
12h 21m 57s
23h 47m 50s

J2000

11h 24m 36s
-10° 51’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

271.04°
46.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Crateris (epsilon Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Giant

-0.41
K5III
3705K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Crateris is distant 364.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

111.73
364.25
3 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Crateris
(epsilon Crateris)
14 Crateris
SAO156658
SAO156658

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 101.0°
Max altitude: 27.5°
Azimuth: 259.0°