• Gienah  Gienah is a star in Corvus. ### ############# ################### ##################### ####################### ####################### ######################### ####################### ####################### ##################### ################### ############# ###  Type Blue-white giant  Constellation Corvus  Magnitude 2.6  Spectral type B8IIIpHgMn  Distance 165 light years  You need binoculars from here  40.00,-83.00 now · 29° up in the SSE · mag 2.6 · ↑ 11:51 ↓ 21:51 ⌃ 16:51  Best in the next 12 months on 7 April 2027.  Gienah is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.   You will find it in Corvus.   It is a blue-white giant, 165 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1862.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, so for this you want binoculars from here.   Best in the next 12 months: 2027-04-07, when it reaches 32° with 5.7 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates