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θ Crateris (theta Crateris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:29 | Tran: 1:40 | Set: 6:48
Alt: 11.82°   Az: 123.10°   Direction: East-South-East

θ Crateris is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Crater.

θ Crateris visual magnitude is 4.7. Because of its moderate brightness, θ Crateris 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 θ Crateris (theta Crateris) star
DSS2 image of θ Crateris. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Crateris during the next 10000 years (-10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 37m 57s
-09° 56’ 29”
20h 14m 34s
07h 52m 31s

J2000

11h 36m 40s
-09° 48’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

274.25°
48.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Crateris (theta Crateris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.7
Main-sequence

-0.15
B9V
11247K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Crateris is distant 304.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

93.46
304.67
1 km/s
-0.061 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Crateris
(theta Crateris)
21 Crateris
SAO138296
SAO138296

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 99.9°
Max altitude: 28.6°
Azimuth: 260.1°