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List of stars in Corona Borealis

Index List of stars in Corona Borealis

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Corona Borealis, sorted by decreasing brightness. [1]

71 relations: Absolute magnitude, ADS 9731, Algol variable, Alpha Coronae Borealis, Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable, Apparent magnitude, Bayer designation, Be star, Beta Coronae Borealis, Brown dwarf, Constellation, Corona Borealis, Cosmic distance ladder, Declination, Delta Coronae Borealis, Delta Scuti variable, Double star, Epsilon Coronae Borealis, Eta Coronae Borealis, Exoplanet, Flamsteed designation, Gamma Coronae Borealis, HD 140913, HD 145457, Henry Draper Catalogue, Hipparcos, Iota Coronae Borealis, Kappa Coronae Borealis, Kappa Coronae Borealis b, Lambda Coronae Borealis, Light-year, Lists of stars by constellation, Mira variable, Mu Coronae Borealis, Nova, Nu1 Coronae Borealis, Nu2 Coronae Borealis, Omicron Coronae Borealis, Pi Coronae Borealis, Proper names (astronomy), Protoplanetary nebula, R Coronae Borealis, R Coronae Borealis variable, Rho Coronae Borealis, Right ascension, Rotating ellipsoidal variable, RR Coronae Borealis, RS Canum Venaticorum variable, RS Coronae Borealis, S Coronae Borealis, ..., Semiregular variable star, Sigma Coronae Borealis, Solar analog, Star, Star system, Stellar classification, T Coronae Borealis, Tau Coronae Borealis, Theta Coronae Borealis, Transit (astronomy), U Coronae Borealis, Upsilon Coronae Borealis, UW Coronae Borealis, V Coronae Borealis, Variable star, Variable star designation, X-ray binary, Xi Coronae Borealis, XO-1, XO-1b, Zeta Coronae Borealis. Expand index (21 more) »

Absolute magnitude

Absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object, on a logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.

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ADS 9731

ADS 9731 is a star system that consists of six stars.

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Algol variable

Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars that are related to the prototype member of this class, β Persei (Beta Persei, Algol) from an evolutionary point of view.

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Alpha Coronae Borealis

Alpha Coronae Borealis (α Coronae Borealis, abbreviated Alpha CrB, α CrB), also named Alphecca, is a binary star in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable

An Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable (or α2 CVn variable) is a type of variable star.

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Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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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.

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Be star

Be Stars are a heterogeneous set of stars with B spectral types and emission lines.

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Beta Coronae Borealis

Beta Coronae Borealis (β Coronae Borealis, abbreviated Beta CrB, β CrB) is a binary star in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that occupy the mass range between the heaviest gas giant planets and the lightest stars, having masses between approximately 13 to 75–80 times that of Jupiter, or approximately to about.

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Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

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Corona Borealis

Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere.

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Cosmic distance ladder

The cosmic distance ladder (also known as the extragalactic distance scale) is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to celestial objects.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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Delta Coronae Borealis

Delta Coronae Borealis, Latinized from δ Coronae Borealis, is a star in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Delta Scuti variable

A Delta Scuti variable (sometimes termed dwarf cepheid) is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface.

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Double star

In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope.

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Epsilon Coronae Borealis

Epsilon Coronae Borealis, Latinized from ε Coronae Borealis, is a multiple star system in the constellation Corona Borealis located around 230 light-years from the Solar System.

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Eta Coronae Borealis

Eta Coronae Borealis (η Coronae Borealis, η CrB) is a stellar system that lies approximately 58 light-years away.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

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Flamsteed designation

A Flamsteed designation is a combination of a number and constellation name that uniquely identifies most naked eye stars in the modern constellations visible from southern England.

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Gamma Coronae Borealis

Gamma Coronae Borealis, Latinized from γ Coronae Borealis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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HD 140913

HD 140913 is a star very much like our own Sun located in the constellation Corona Borealis (The Northern Crown) 146 light years away.

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HD 145457

HD 140913 is a star located in the constellation Corona Borealis (The Northern Crown) around 451 light-years away from Earth.

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Henry Draper Catalogue

The Henry Draper Catalogue (HD) 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 (HDE), published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published from 1937 to 1949 in the form of charts, which gave classifications for 86,933 more stars.

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Hipparcos

Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.

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Iota Coronae Borealis

Iota Coronae Borealis, Latinized from ι Coronae Borealis, is a binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Kappa Coronae Borealis

Kappa Coronae Borealis, Latinized from κ Coronae Borealis, is a star approximately 102 light years away in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Kappa Coronae Borealis b

Kappa Coronae Borealis b is an extrasolar planet approximately 102 light years away in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Lambda Coronae Borealis

Lambda Coronae Borealis (λ Coronae Borealis), is a star located in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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Lists of stars by constellation

All stars but one can be associated with an IAU constellation.

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Mira variable

Mira variables ("Mira", Latin, adj. - feminine form of adjective "wonderful"), named for the prototype star Mira, are a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.

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Mu Coronae Borealis

Mu Coronae Borealis, Latinized from μ Coronae Borealis, is a solitary, ruby-hued star located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Nova

A nova (plural novae or novas) or classical nova (CN, plural CNe) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star, that slowly fades over several weeks or many months.

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Nu1 Coronae Borealis

Nu1 Coronae Borealis is a solitary, red-hued star located in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Nu2 Coronae Borealis

Nu2 Coronae Borealis is a solitary, orange-hued star located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Omicron Coronae Borealis

Omicron Coronae Borealis, Latinized from o Coronae Borealis, is a star in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Pi Coronae Borealis

Pi Coronae Borealis, Latinized from π Coronae Borealis, is a solitary, orange-hued star in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Proper names (astronomy)

Some astronomical objects have proper names (common names, popular names, traditional names); as opposed to catalogue numbers or other systematic designations.

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Protoplanetary nebula

A protoplanetary nebula or preplanetary nebula (PPN) is an astronomical object which is at the short-lived episode during a star's rapid evolution between the late asymptotic giant branch (LAGB) phase and the subsequent planetary nebula (PN) phase.

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R Coronae Borealis

R Coronae Borealis is a peculiar low-mass yellow supergiant star in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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R Coronae Borealis variable

An R Coronae Borealis variable (abbreviated RCB, R CrB) is an eruptive variable star that varies in luminosity in two modes, one low amplitude pulsation (a few tenths of a magnitude), and one irregular, unpredictably-sudden fading by 1 to 9 magnitudes.

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Rho Coronae Borealis

Rho Coronae Borealis (ρ CrB, ρ Coronae Borealis) is a Solar twin, yellow dwarf star approximately 57 light-years away in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Right ascension

Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point above the earth in question.

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Rotating ellipsoidal variable

Rotating ellipsoidal variables are a class of variable star.

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RR Coronae Borealis

RR Coronae Borealis (RR CrB, HD 140297, HIP 76844) is a M3-type semiregular variable star located in the constellation Corona Borealis with a parallax of 2.93mas being a distance of.

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RS Canum Venaticorum variable

RS Canum Venaticorum variables are a type of variable star.

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RS Coronae Borealis

RS Coronae Borealis is a semiregular variable star located in the constellation Corona Borealis with a parallax of 2.93mas being a distance of.

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S Coronae Borealis

S Coronae Borealis (S CrB) is a Mira variable star in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Semiregular variable star

Semiregular variable stars are giants or supergiants of intermediate and late spectral type showing considerable periodicity in their light changes, accompanied or sometimes interrupted by various irregularities.

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Sigma Coronae Borealis

No description.

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Solar analog

Solar-type star, solar analogs (also analogues), and solar twins are stars that are particularly similar to the Sun.

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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Star system

A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars that orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction.

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Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.

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T Coronae Borealis

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), is a recurring nova in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Tau Coronae Borealis

Tau Coronae Borealis, Latinized from τ Coronae Borealis, is a probable astrometric binary star system in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Theta Coronae Borealis

Theta Coronae Borealis, Latinized from θ Coronae Borealis, is a binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Transit (astronomy)

In astronomy, a transit or astronomical transit is the phenomenon of at least one celestial body appearing to move across the face of another celestial body, hiding a small part of it, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point.

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U Coronae Borealis

U Coronae Borealis (U CrB) is an Algol-type eclipsing binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Upsilon Coronae Borealis

Upsilon Coronae Borealis, Latinized from υ Coronae Borealis, is a solitary star in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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UW Coronae Borealis

UW Coronae Borealis, also known as MS 1603.6+2600, is a low-mass X-ray binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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V Coronae Borealis

V Coronae Borealis (V CrB) is a Mira-type long period variable star and carbon star in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Variable star

A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) fluctuates.

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Variable star designation

Variable stars are designated using a variation on the Bayer designation format of an identifying label (as described below) combined with the Latin genitive of the name of the constellation in which the star lies.

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X-ray binary

X-ray binaries are a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays.

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Xi Coronae Borealis

Xi Coronae Borealis (ξ CrB) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.

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XO-1

XO-1 is a magnitude 11 G-type main-sequence star star located approximately 536 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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XO-1b

No description.

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Zeta Coronae Borealis

ζ Coronae Borealis, Latinised as Zeta Coronae Borealis, is the Bayer designation of a double star in the constellation Corona Borealis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Corona_Borealis

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