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ι Crateris (iota Crateris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:38 | Tran: 8:27 | Set: 13:16
Alt: 15.58°   Az: 137.30°   Direction: South-East

ι Crateris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Crater.

ι Crateris visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, ι Crateris 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.

Image of ι Crateris (iota Crateris) star
DSS2 image of ι Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Crateris during the next 1000 years (1.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 39m 55s
-13° 20’ 23”
21h 11m 17s
08h 51m 13s

J2000

11h 38m 40s
-13° 12’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

277°
45.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ι Crateris (iota Crateris) star
Simplified finder chart for ι Crateris (iota Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Main-sequence

3.32
F7V
6300K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

5.48
10.88
5.4
1.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Crateris is distant 87.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

26.98
87.97
-24 km/s
0.092 arcsec/y
0.12"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Crateris
(iota Crateris)
24 Crateris
SAO156802
SAO156802
NN 3677 A

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 103.3°
Max altitude: 25.2°
Azimuth: 256.7°