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β Doradus (beta Doradus)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.15°   Az: 215.13°   Direction: South-West

β Doradus is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Dorado.

β Doradus visual magnitude is 3.76. Because of its moderate brightness, β Doradus 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 Doradus (beta Doradus) star
DSS2 image of β Doradus. The red arrow shows the motion of β Doradus during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 33m 50s
-62° 28’ 24”
10h 45m 33s
16h 19m 24s

J2000

05h 33m 37s
-62° 29’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

271.73°
-32.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Doradus (beta Doradus).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.76
Supergiant

-3.76
F6I
5221K

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

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of β Doradus. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Doradus is distant 1,038.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

318.47
1,038.22
7 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

β Doradus
(beta Doradus)
SAO249311
SAO249311

Visibility from Your Location

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