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Sunset: 17:11
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λ Crateris (lambda Crateris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:30 | Tran: 1:51 | Set: 6:07
Alt: -5.62°   Az: 246.45°   Direction: West-South-West

λ Crateris is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Crater.

λ Crateris visual magnitude is 5.09. Because of its faintness, λ 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 λ Crateris (lambda Crateris) star
DSS2 image of λ Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Crateris during the next 1000 years (-5.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.57 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 24m 37s
-18° 55’ 05”
04h 58m 39s
16h 23m 17s

J2000

11h 23m 21s
-18° 46’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

275.6°
39.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Crateris (lambda Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.09
Giant

1.88
F5III
6776K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Crateris is distant 142.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

43.86
142.98
11 km/s
-0.312 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Crateris
(lambda Crateris)
13 Crateris
SAO156646
SAO156646

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 108.9°
Max altitude: 19.6°
Azimuth: 251.1°