Gienah Corvi (Gamma Corvi)

Star: Gienah Corvi (Gamma Corvi)

Stellar Classification: B8 III -Giant star

Background Information: Gienah Corvi belongs to the Corvus constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. Corvus in Latin means "raven" or "crow." Gamma Corvi is about 154 lightyears from Earth (light we see coming from it is about 154 years old). Also, this star is a little over 4 times the mass of the sun. 

Chemical Composition:
.High abundance of mercury
.High abundance if manganese
.Also over and under abundances of silicon, chromium, strontium, and europium (peculiar star)

Spectrum Analysis of the most abundant chemical (mercury):

Location:
Right Ascension: 12h 15m 48.37081s
Declination: –17° 32′ 30.9496″

Resources:
(n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiar_star
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Spectra of Different Atoms. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast350/Labs/Lamps/VEDIC SOCIETY - HASTA. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://www.vedicsociety.org/hasta-p-154.html
(n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-manganese_star

(n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_(constellation)