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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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γ Crateris (gamma Crateris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:19 | Tran: 20:43 | Set: 1:10
Alt: -56.04°   Az: 350.30°   Direction: North

γ Crateris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Crater.

γ Crateris visual magnitude is 4.08. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Crateris (gamma Crateris) star
DSS2 image of γ Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Crateris during the next 1000 years (-1.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.07 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 26m 09s
-17° 49’ 24”
11h 37m 18s
23h 03m 28s

J2000

11h 24m 52s
-17° 41’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

275.41°
40.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Crateris (gamma Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.08
Main-sequence

2.03
A5V
8086K

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

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

Star System Properties

γ Crateris is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the γ Crateris double sysyem:

4.08
8.88
4.8
5.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Crateris is distant 83.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

25.71
83.80
1 km/s
-0.098 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Crateris
(gamma Crateris)
15 Crateris
SAO156661
SAO156661

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 107.8°
Max altitude: 20.7°
Azimuth: 252.2°