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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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υ Coronae Borealis (upsilon Coronae Borealis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:57 | Tran: 23:51 | Set: 8:50
Alt: 9.07°   Az: 53.85°   Direction: North-East

υ Coronae Borealis is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

υ Coronae Borealis visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Coronae Borealis (upsilon Coronae Borealis) star
DSS2 image of υ Coronae Borealis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Coronae Borealis during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 17m 45s
+29° 05’ 19”
16h 23m 23s
08h 41m 09s

J2000

16h 16m 44s
+29° 09’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

48.09°
45.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Coronae Borealis (upsilon Coronae Borealis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Main-sequence

-1.24
A3V
9328K

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

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

Star System Properties

υ Coronae Borealis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the υ Coronae Borealis double sysyem:

5.78
10.08
4.3
123.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Coronae Borealis is distant 825.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

253.16
825.32
7 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Coronae Borealis
(upsilon Coronae Borealis)
18 Coronae Borealis
SAO84281
SAO84281

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 60.9°
Max altitude: 67.6°
Azimuth: 299.1°