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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 16° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 79° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 67° N.
It ranks no. 4 in brightness among the 18 stars of Corvus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gienah, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 320 years ago.
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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