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β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -7.37°   Az: 210.36°   Direction: South-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

19h 11m 46s
-39° 17’ 52”
02h 41m 29s
21h 53m 15s

J2000

19h 10m 01s
-39° 20’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

358.14°
-20.17°

Finder Chart

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

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.11
Hypergiant

-1.85
K0II
4309K

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

HR 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.

155.76
507.79
3 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

β Coronae Australis
(beta Coronae Australis)
SAO211005
SAO211005

Visibility from Your Location

β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK