Star · Blue-white · Corona Borealis

Alphecca

5 CrB · HIP 76267

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · west · 32°

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Where is Alphecca?

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Look west, about 32° up at 20:20 in Corona Borealis. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 00:19.

From London tonight, Alphecca is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the west at 32°.

At magnitude 2.2 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Alphecca looks blue-white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is A1IV: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

A blue-white point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its blue-white color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Alphecca is a star in Corona Borealis, shining at magnitude 2.2. Its spectral type, A1IV, marks it as: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences