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Star · M2III

20Nu 1CrB

20Nu 1CrB is a giant star of spectral type M2III in the constellation Corona Borealis, 649.1 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 80197
ConstellationCorona Borealis
Distance649.1 light-years (199.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.20
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −1.29
Spectral typeM2III
Surface temperature3,610 K
Luminosity1,360 L☉
Radius94.4 R☉
Mass7.14 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)16h 22m 21.4s
Declination (J2000)+33° 47′ 57″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)38.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.20). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1377. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 20Nu 1CrB, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.32, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Eridanus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.