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TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:50 
Sunset: 20:43
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Nusakan - β Coronae Borealis (beta Coronae Borealis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:50 | Tran: 22:14 | Set: 6:34
Alt: 3.94°   Az: 50.75°   Direction: South-South-West

Nusakan, also designated as β Coronae Borealis (beta Coronae Borealis), is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

Nusakan visual magnitude is 3.68. Because of its moderate brightness, Nusakan 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 Nusakan - β Coronae Borealis (beta Coronae Borealis) star
DSS2 image of Nusakan. The red arrow shows the motion of Nusakan during the next 1000 years (-2.98 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 28m 53s
+29° 01’ 07”
16h 08m 14s
07h 37m 07s

J2000

15h 27m 49s
+29° 06’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

45.59°
55.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Nusakan - β Coronae Borealis (beta Coronae Borealis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.68
Hypergiant

0.96
F0
7591K

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

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

Star System Properties

Nusakan 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 Nusakan double sysyem:

3.68
5.18
1.5
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Nusakan is distant 113.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

34.97
113.99
-19 km/s
-0.179 arcsec/y
0.086"/y

Alternative Designations

Nusakan
β Coronae Borealis
(beta Coronae Borealis)
3 Coronae Borealis
SAO83831
SAO83831

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Nusakan - β Coronae Borealis (beta Coronae Borealis) rise, transit and set times from West Clarkston-Highland, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 61.0°
Max altitude: 72.6°
Azimuth: 299.0°