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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:19
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κ Coronae Borealis (kappa Coronae Borealis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:38 | Tran: 22:50 | Set: 9:07
Alt: -2.19°   Az: 10.57°   Direction: South-West

κ Coronae Borealis is a double sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

κ Coronae Borealis visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Coronae Borealis (kappa Coronae Borealis) star
DSS2 image of κ Coronae Borealis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Coronae Borealis during the next 1000 years (-0.12 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 52m 11s
+35° 34’ 55”
12h 52m 05s
04h 44m 16s

J2000

15h 51m 13s
+35° 39’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

57.02°
51.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Coronae Borealis (kappa Coronae Borealis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Sub-giant

2.35
K1IV
4743K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ 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 κ Coronae Borealis double sysyem:

4.82
11.52
6.7
134.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Coronae Borealis is distant 101.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

31.12
101.46
-24 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.347"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Coronae Borealis
(kappa Coronae Borealis)
11 Coronae Borealis
SAO64948
SAO64948

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 54.4°
Max altitude: 74.1°
Azimuth: 305.6°