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Encyclopedia > Alpha Corvi

Alpha Corvi (α Crv / α Corvi) is a star in the constellation Corvus. It also has the traditional names Alchiba (Arabic "tent") or Al Minliar al Ghurab. The Pleiades star cluster A star is a massive body of plasma in outer space that is currently producing or has produced energy through nuclear fusion. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Corvus (Latin for Raven/Crow) is a small southern constellation with only 11 stars visible to the naked eye (brighter than magnitude 5. ... Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...


Alchiba belongs to the spectral class F2 and has apparent magnitude +4.02. It is 48 light years from Earth. In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based initially on photospheric temperature and its associated spectral characteristics, and subsequently refined in terms of other characteristics. ... The apparent magnitude (m) of a star, planet or other heavenly body is a measure of its apparent brightness; that is, the amount of light received from the object. ... A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance light travels in one year: roughly 9. ... Earth, also known as Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ...


Coordinates (equinox 2000)


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Corvus a May constellation (540 words)
The fifth star alpha Corvi is so much less bright than the others that it may have decreased in light since Bayer lettered them in 1603.
a (alpha) Corvi or Al Chiba is a magnitude 4.0 white star 68 light years away.
The brightest component visible to the unaided eye, is a magnitude 3.0 white star, that is accompanied by a magnitude 8.4 star often described as purplish in colour.
HOUSE CORVUS - Roundtable #38 - 15 June 2004 (2104 words)
The fifth star, alpha Corvi, is so much less bright than the others that it may have decreased in light since 1603.
(alpha) Corvi, or Alchiba, is a magnitude 4.0 white star 68 light years away.
The brightest component visible to the unaided eye, is a magnitude 3.0 white star, that is accompanied by (eta) Corvi, a magnitude 8.4 star often described as purplish in color.
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