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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Theta Coronae Borealis
Flamsteed Number	4 Coronae Borealis
HR (BSC)	5778
HD	138749
Constellation	Corona Borealis
Right Ascension	15h 32m 56s
Declination	+31° 21' 33"
Distance	375 light years 115 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.2 Absolute: -0.7
Spectral Class	B6 Blue Dwarf
Optimum Visibility	May / June
Notes	A binary system whose primary star is a blue dwarf surrounded by a disc of matter; its companion is a white star of less than half the mass of the primary.

A binary system: the primary star is a blue dwarf with a surface temperature considerably greater than that of the Sun. Theta Coronae Borealis is more than three hundred light years from Earth's Solar System.

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