α Antliae (alpha Antliae)

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:36 | Tran: 19:17 | Set: 21:58

Alt: -52.46° Az: 285.65° Direction: West-North-West

α Antliae is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Antlia.

α Antliae visual magnitude is 4.25. Because of its moderate brightness, α Antliae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of α Antliae. The red arrow shows the motion of α Antliae during the next 10000 years (-12.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 28m 19s

Declination -31° 11’ 52”

Hour Angle 09h 06m 46s

Sidereal Time 19h 35m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 27m 09s

Declination -31° 04’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 269.88°

Galactic Latitude 22.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Antliae (alpha Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.25

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.00

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.45

Temperature 3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where α Antliae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of α Antliae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Antliae is distant 366.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 112.36

Distance (light year) 366.29

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.075 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation α Antliae
(alpha Antliae)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD90610

SAO Catalogue SAO201405

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP51172

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 8465

FK5 Catalogue 392

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4862

Visibility from Your Location

Today's α Antliae (alpha Antliae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.2° RISE 16:36

Max altitude: 7.3° TRANSIT 19:17

Azimuth: 238.8° SET 21:58

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia