Beta Corvi

Starbox begin
name = β CorviStarbox observe
epoch = J2000.0
equinox = J2000.0 (ICRS)
constell = Corvus
ra = RA|12|34|23.2346SIMBAD link|bet+crv|SV* ZI 946 -- Variable Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 9, 2008.]
dec = DEC|−23|23|48.333
appmag_v=2.60 to 2.66NSV 5729, database entry, [http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/nsv/nsv.dat New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars, the improved version] , Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line September 9, 2008.] Starbox character
class = G5II
u-b = +0.60 [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=V/50/catalog&recno=4786 HR 4786] , database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?V/50 V/50] . Accessed on line September 9, 2008.]
b-v = +0.89
r-i = +0.44Starbox astrometry
radial_v = −7.6 ± 0.9
prop_mo_ra = 0.86
prop_mo_dec = −56.00
parallax = 23.34
p_error = 0.80
parallax_footnote =
absmag_v= −0.5 [From apparent magnitude and parallax.] Starbox detail
age =
metal =
mass = 3.3 [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/kraz.html Kraz] , "Stars", Jim Kaler. Accessed on line September 9, 2008.]
radius = 16
rotation = ≤180 days
luminosity = 160
temperature = 5,100 Starbox catalog
names=Kraz, β Crv, Beta Corvi, Beta Crv, 9 Corvi, 9 Crv, BD−22 3401, CD−22 3401, CD−22 9505, CPD−22 5388, FK5 471, GC 17133, HD 109379, HIP 61359, HR 4786, PPM 260512, SAO 180915.Starbox reference
Simbad=bet+crv

Beta Corvi (Beta Crv / β Corvi / β Crv) is the second brightest star in the constellation of Corvus. It also has the name Kraz. It is approximately 140 light-years away and is a G-type bright giant star whose apparent visual magnitude which varies between 2.60 and 2.66.

See also

* A Carinae
* Rho² Cancri
* Beta Corvi in fiction

References

External links

*web cite|url=http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/kraz.html|title=Kraz|work=Stars|author=Jim Kaler