β Coronae Australis (beta Coronae Australis)

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -15.09° Az: 135.61° Direction: South-East

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’ 52”

Hour Angle 19h 56m 51s

Sidereal Time 15h 08m 37s

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

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

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