Stephanos
HR 5855 · HIP 77048 · π CrB
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.575 mag
- Parallax
- 13.4 mas → about 243.4 light-years away
- Spectral type
- G9III:
- Right ascension
- 235.9971°
- Declination
- 32.5158°
- Designation
- HR 5855
- Bayer designation
- π CrB
- HIP number
- 77048
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-05-14
- Name language
- Ancient Greek
- Name origin (IAU)
- Στέφανος, The Wreath, is the ancient Greek name of CrB. It can represent either the laurel wreath of an emperor or victorious athlete, or a bridal wreath.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 243 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1783 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination 32.5° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.