Rho Coronae Borealis

ρ Coronae Borealis
Location of ρ Coronae Borealis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Corona Borealis
Right ascension 16h 01m 02.66049s
Declination +33° 18′ 12.6395″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.39
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage subgiant
Spectral type G0V
B−V color index 0.61
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−8.655±0.109 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −198.278(43) mas/yr
Dec.: −772.245(53) mas/yr
Parallax (π)57.1076±0.0508 mas
Distance57.11 ± 0.05 ly
(17.51 ± 0.02 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+4.21
Details
Mass0.95±0.01 M
Radius1.304±0.012 R
Luminosity1.749±0.040 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.25±0.05 cgs
Temperature5817±24 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.24±0.08 dex
Rotation20.3±1.8 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.8±0.3 km/s
Age10.2±0.5 Gyr
Other designations
ρ CrB, 15 CrB, BD+33°2663, GC 21527, GJ 606.2, GJ 9537, HD 143761, HIP 78459, HR 5968, SAO 65024, CCDM J16011+3318A, WDS J16010+3318A, LHS 3145, LTT 14764, 2MASS J16010264+3318124
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata

Rho Coronae Borealis (ρ CrB, ρ Coronae Borealis) is a yellow dwarf star 57.1 light-years (17.5 parsecs) away in the constellation of Corona Borealis. The star is thought to be similar to the Sun with nearly the same mass, radius, and luminosity. It is orbited by three known exoplanets.