β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:10 | Tran: 1:29 | Set: 4:52

Alt: -18.98° Az: 234.45° Direction: South-West

β Coronae Australis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Corona Australis.

β Coronae Australis visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, β Coronae Australis 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.

Image of β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis) star

DSS2 image of β Coronae Australis. The red arrow shows the motion of β Coronae Australis during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 11m 46s

Declination -39° 17’ 51”

Hour Angle 05h 35m 10s

Sidereal Time 00h 46m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 10m 01s

Declination -39° 20’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 358.14°

Galactic Latitude -20.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.11

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.85

Spectral Type K0II

Color Index (B-V) 1.2

Temperature 4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Coronae Australis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of β Coronae Australis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Coronae Australis is distant 507.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 155.76

Distance (light year) 507.79

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation β Coronae Australis
(beta Coronae Australis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD178345

SAO Catalogue SAO211005

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94160

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3913146

Visibility from Your Location

Today's β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis) rise, transit and set times from Palermo, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 129.3° RISE 22:10

Max altitude: 12.6° TRANSIT 1:29

Azimuth: 230.7° SET 4:52

Name:	Palermo, Italy
Latitude:	38° 7' 55.2" N
Longitude:	13° 20' 8.2" E
Timezone:	Europe/Rome

Set Location

Other stars in Corona Australis