Star profile
6 Corvi
What is 6 Corvi
6 Corvi is an orange giant about three hundred and thirty-one light-years away, in the small but striking figure of the Crow —four bright stars forming a trapezium easily picked out south of Virgo. Its K type marks an atmosphere cooled by age, with a warm glow like a distant ember. In myth, the crow was Apollo's bird: here, one of the most discreet yet firm in its outline.
Where it is and when to see it
6 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 6 Corvi
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.66
- Distance
- 331.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 185.840° · Dec -24.841°
- Catalogue
- HIP 60425 · HD 107815
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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
- 3 Corvi5.45
- HIP 612965.58
- HIP 610155.63
- HIP 612125.74
- HIP 597285.82