Star profile
Epsilon Corvi
What is Epsilon Corvi
Epsilon Corvi is an orange giant of type K shining some 318 light-years away, within Apollo's small raven. Together with Gienah, Algorab and Kraz it traces the Sail —the unmistakable rhombus that any southern observer picks out at a glance—. Its amber hue stands apart from its bluer companions and betrays an aged star whose core has exhausted hydrogen and slowly swells toward its next chapter.
Where it is and when to see it
Epsilon Corvi lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Epsilon Corvi
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.02
- Distance
- 317.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 182.531° · Dec -22.620°
- Catalogue
- HIP 59316 · HD 105707
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Other stars in Corvus
Corvus has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- GienahGamma Corvi2.58
- KrazBeta Corvi2.65
- AlgorabDelta Corvi2.94
- AlchibaAlpha Corvi4.02
- Eta Corvi4.30
- HIP 602215.14
- HIP 619105.17
- Zeta Corvi5.20