V Corona Borealis is the small red star in the middle of this image.
V Crb. is a Mira-type long period variable whose brightness varies between 6.9 and 12.6 over a period of 357 days. V Corona Borealis is to faint to be seen by the naked eye, a telescope is needed to observe it.
This star is spectral type C6,2e_MS3 and it has the distinctive deep red color of a carbon star. The distance from Earth to V Corona Borealis is 842.886 parsecs (2749.1 light years).
V Crb. was cataloged as early as 1899 in the publication from the Astrophysical Journal titled On the spectra of stars of class IIIb. (Duner N.C.).
