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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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π Coronae Borealis (pi Coronae Borealis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:16 | Tran: 0:45 | Set: 10:18
Alt: 6.32°   Az: 43.33°   Direction: North-East

π Coronae Borealis is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

π Coronae Borealis visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its faintness, π Coronae Borealis 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 π Coronae Borealis (pi Coronae Borealis) star
DSS2 image of π Coronae Borealis. The red arrow shows the motion of π Coronae Borealis during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 44m 59s
+32° 26’ 13”
15h 35m 38s
07h 20m 38s

J2000

15h 43m 59s
+32° 30’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

51.87°
52.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Coronae Borealis (pi Coronae Borealis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.56
Giant

1.15
G9
4603K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Coronae Borealis is distant 248.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

76.28
248.67
-4 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

π Coronae Borealis
(pi Coronae Borealis)
9 Coronae Borealis
SAO64870
SAO64870

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 57.6°
Max altitude: 71.0°
Azimuth: 302.4°