Astronomy and Space

Delta Corvi

Delta Corvi is a star in the southern constellation of Corvus. It has the proper name Algorab, pronounced ; Delta Corvi is its Bayer designation. With an apparent visual magnitude of +2.962, this star is visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 86.9 light-years (26.6 parsecs) from the Sun The star is receding with a line of sight velocity component of +9 km/s.

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• ▸Edward P. Ney
• ▸Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi
• ▸2014 in science

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