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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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κ Crateris (kappa Crateris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:49 | Tran: 1:47 | Set: 6:40
Alt: -41.22°   Az: 50.30°   Direction: North-East

κ Crateris is a double giant star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Crater.

κ Crateris visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, κ 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 κ Crateris (kappa Crateris) star
DSS2 image of κ Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Crateris during the next 1000 years (-1.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 28m 25s
-12° 29’ 42”
14h 25m 23s
01h 53m 49s

J2000

11h 27m 09s
-12° 21’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

272.85°
45.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Crateris (kappa Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

1.81
F4III
6435K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ Crateris 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 Crateris double sysyem:

5.94
12.94
7
27.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Crateris is distant 218.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

67.07
218.65
6 km/s
-0.097 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Crateris
(kappa Crateris)
16 Crateris
SAO156685
SAO156685

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 102.5°
Max altitude: 26.0°
Azimuth: 257.5°