ι Crateris (iota Crateris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:56 | Tran: 20:45 | Set: 1:38

Alt: -32.98° Az: 291.93° Direction: West-North-West

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

Right Ascension 11h 39m 57s

Declination -13° 20’ 33”

Hour Angle 08h 27m 34s

Sidereal Time 20h 07m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 38m 40s

Declination -13° 12’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 277°

Galactic Latitude 45.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Crateris (iota Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.48

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.32

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.52

Temperature 6300K

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

Main star magnitude 5.48

Secondary star magnitude 10.88

Magnitude difference 5.4

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 26.98

Distance (light year) 87.97

Radial Speed -24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.092 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.12"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Crateris
(iota Crateris)

Flamsteed designation 24 Crateris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD101198

SAO Catalogue SAO156802

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56802

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 3466

Gliese Catalogue 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° RISE 15:56

Max altitude: 25.2° TRANSIT 20:45

Azimuth: 256.7° SET 1:38

Set Location

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