List of stars in Corvus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Corvus
Corvus (constellation)
Corvus is a small constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for raven or crow. It includes only 11 stars visible to the naked eye...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	F Flamsteed designation Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
γ Crv Gamma Corvi Gamma Corvi is the brightest star in the constellation Corvus. Its traditional name is Gienah, which it shares with Epsilon Cygni...	γ	4	106625	59803	2.58	−0.94	165	B8III	Gienah Corvi, Gienah, Gienah Ghurab, Djenah al Ghyrab al Eymen, Dextra ala Corvi; suspected variable Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...
β Crv Beta Corvi Beta Corvi is the second brightest star in the constellation of Corvus. It also has the name Kraz....	β	9	109379	61359	2.65	−0.51	140	G5II	Kraz, Tso Hea; suspected variable
δ Crv	δ	7	108767	60965	2.94	0.79	88	B9.5V	Algorab, Algoral, Algorel, Algores; double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e... ; suspected variable
ε Crv Epsilon Corvi Epsilon Corvi is a star in the constellation Corvus. It has the traditional name Minkar, from Arabian ألمنخر almánxar meaning "the nostril of the crow"...	ε	2	105707	59316	3.02	−1.82	303	K2III	Minkar; suspected variable
α Crv Alpha Corvi Alpha Corvi is a star in the constellation Corvus. It has the traditional names Alchiba or Al Minliar al Ghurab ....	α	1	105452	59199	4.02	3.17	48	F0IV/V	Al Chiba, Al Minliar al Ghurab, Alchiba, Alchita, Alkhiba, Minkar al Ghyrab, Rostrum Corvi; suspected variable Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...
η Crv Eta Corvi Eta Corvi is an F-type main sequence star, the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Corvus. Two debris disks have been detected orbiting this star, one warm within a few AU and another out at ~150 AU.-Properties:This star is about 40% more massive than the Sun but is only about 30% of...	η	8	109085	61174	4.30	3.00	59	F2V	Avis Satyra; suspected variable
23 G. Crv			107418	60221	5.14	1.24	196	K0III	variable
VV Crv VV Corvi VV Corvi is a close spectroscopic binary in the Corvus constellation. The two stars orbit each other with a period of 1.46 days and an eccentricity of 0.088. The mass ratio of the two stars is 0.775±0.024. A tertiary companion was discovered during the Two Micron All-Sky Survey.... (43 G. Crv)			110317	61910	5.17	0.51	278	F3IV	quadruple star Multiple star A multiple star consists of three or more stars which appear from the Earth to be close to one another in the sky. This may result from the stars being physically close and gravitationally bound to each other, in which case it is physical, or this closeness may be merely apparent, in which case... ; Algol variable Algol variable Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars where the orbital plane of the stars are coincident with the line of sight from Earth. When the cooler component passes in front of the hotter one, part of the latter's light is blocked, and the total brightness of the... ,
ζ Crv	ζ	5	107348	60189	5.20	−0.16	385	B8V	Chang Sha (長沙); emission-line star; double star, suspected variable
31 Crt (4 G. Crv)		31	104337	58587	5.28	−3.37	1753	B2IV	TY Crv; spectroscopic binary; rotating ellipsoidal variable Rotating ellipsoidal variable Rotating ellipsoidal variables are a class of variable star. They are close binary systems whose components are ellipsoidal. They are not eclipsing, but fluctuations in apparent magnitude occur due to changes in the amount of light emitting area visible to the observer... , ; 31 Crateris is unusual in having been numbered in a different constellation; once mistaken for a moon of Mercury Mercury's moon A moon orbiting Mercury was, for a short time, believed to exist.On March 27, 1974, two days before Mariner 10 made its flyby of Mercury, instruments began registering large amounts of ultraviolet radiation in the vicinity of Mercury which, according to one astronomer, "had no right to be there"...
3 Crv		3	105850	59394	5.45	1.70	183	A1V
35 G. Crv			109272	61296	5.58	2.15	158	G8III/IV
30 G. Crv			108821	61015	5.63	−1.57	898	M0III	suspected variable
6 Crv		6	107815	60425	5.66	0.73	316	K1III
33 G. Crv			109141	61212	5.74	2.90	120	F3IV/V
15 G. Crv			106485	59728	5.82	0.65	353	K0IIICN...
21 G. Crv			107295	60157	5.94	0.13	474	K0III+...	double star
41 G. Crv			109931	61688	6.00	2.03	203	F0V
45 G. Crv			110385	61951	6.02	1.91	216	F2V
19 G. Crv			106819	59895	6.05	−0.04	540	A2V
53 G. Crv			112304	63109	6.18	−0.38	669	A0V
TU Crv (40 G. Crv)			109585	61496	6.20	1.77	251	F0III	low-amplitude δ Sct variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the... ,
34 G. Crv			109238	61270	6.26	0.65	432	F0IV/V
3 G. Crv			104307	58574	6.28	0.22	532	K2III	double star
27 G. Crv			108477	60809	6.30	−1.67	1278	G5II
29 G. Crv			108799	60994	6.37	4.38	81	G1/G2V	multiple star Multiple star A multiple star consists of three or more stars which appear from the Earth to be close to one another in the sky. This may result from the stars being physically close and gravitationally bound to each other, in which case it is physical, or this closeness may be merely apparent, in which case...
32 G. Crv			109132	61208	6.41	0.86	419	K0III
TT Crv (26 G. Crv)			107814	60421	6.48	−0.68	881	M3III	semiregular variable,
HD 111031 HD 111031 HD 111031 is a class G5 star located 98 light years from Earth. It has one known planet.-References:* Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia:... (50 G. Crv)			111031	62345	6.88	4.45	99	G5V	has an unconfirmed planet (b HD 111031 b HD 111031 b is a gas giant of around 2.87 Jupiter masses that orbits its star HD 111031 every 5,986 days.-References:* Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia:... )
HD 104067 HD 104067 HD 104067 is an 8th magnitude K-type main sequence star located approximately 68 light years away in the constellation Corvus. This star is smaller, cooler, dimmer, and less massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is seven-eighths as much as the Sun...			104067	58451	7.93	6.34	68	K2V	has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b)
R Crv R Corvi R Corvi , a Mira variable star which ranges from a magnitude of 6.7 to 14.4 with a period of approximately 10 months.-External links:*...			107199	60106	9.25			M6e	Mira variable Mira variable Mira variables , named after the star Mira, are a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colors, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and light amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude in visual... ,

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