Krios
HD 240429
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 9.7 mag
- Right ascension
- 357.9793°
- Declination
- 59.7135°
- Designation
- HD 240429
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-03-22
- Name language
- Greek
- Name origin (IAU)
- Krios is one of the twelve Titans from Greek mythology. The name was given to a component of a co-moving pair in a 2018 spectroscopy paper and appears culturally well reflected (name has been in SIMBAD already).
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- At magnitude 9.7 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination 59.7° — from Seoul (37.6° N) it never sets and circles the northern sky all night.
- Its IAU name «Krios» comes from Greek (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.