Arabic star names / Algorab
Algorab
الغراب
Algorab comes from the Arabic الغراب (al-Ghurāb), which means “the crow”. It is the 164th-brightest star in the sky, in Corvus.
- Brightness
- 2.94
- Colour
- blue-white
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Best seen
- May evenings
- Right ascension
- 12h 30m
- Declination
- −16° 31′
The name
A star of Corvus, the crow.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 73°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 49° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 22° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 73° above the horizon.
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