β Doradus (beta Doradus)
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -54.46°
Az: 226.29°
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.
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
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for β Doradus (beta Doradus).
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for β Doradus (beta Doradus).
The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Doradus is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
β Doradus (beta Doradus) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK