α Antliae (alpha Antliae)

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:21 | Tran: 10:02 | Set: 12:43

Alt: 7.15° Az: 185.27° Direction: South

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 17s

Declination -31° 11’ 40”

Hour Angle 00h 24m 28s

Sideral Time 10h 52m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 27m 09s

Declination -31° 04’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 269.88°

Galactic Latitude 22.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified 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 7:21

Max altitude: 7.3° TRANSIT 10:02

Azimuth: 238.8° SET 12:43

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia