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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:20
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ψ Crateris (psi Crateris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:58 | Tran: 1:20 | Set: 5:39
Alt: -49.41°   Az: 47.33°   Direction: North-East

ψ Crateris is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Crater.

ψ Crateris visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, ψ 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 ψ Crateris (psi Crateris) star
DSS2 image of ψ Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Crateris during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 13m 45s
-18° 38’ 13”
14h 01m 17s
01h 15m 02s

J2000

11h 12m 30s
-18° 30’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

272.49°
38.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Crateris (psi Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Hypergiant

0.30
A0V
10252K

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

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

Star System Properties

ψ 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 ψ Crateris double sysyem:

6.13
6.53
0.4
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Crateris is distant 478.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

146.84
478.71
14 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Crateris
(psi Crateris)
SAO156528
SAO156528

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 108.6°
Max altitude: 19.9°
Azimuth: 251.4°