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β Volantis (beta Volantis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -54.97°   Az: 143.41°   Direction: South-East

β Volantis is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Volans.

β Volantis visual magnitude is 3.77. Because of its moderate brightness, β Volantis 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 Volantis (beta Volantis) star
DSS2 image of β Volantis. The red arrow shows the motion of β Volantis during the next 1000 years (-0.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.58 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 26m 00s
-66° 13’ 17”
15h 52m 12s
00h 18m 12s

J2000

08h 25m 44s
-66° 08’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

280.26°
-15.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Volantis (beta Volantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.77
Giant

1.17
K1III
4451K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Volantis is distant 107.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

33.10
107.91
27 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
-0.155"/y

Alternative Designations

β Volantis
(beta Volantis)
SAO250228
SAO250228

Visibility from Your Location

β Volantis (beta Volantis) is currently not visible from Veltheim (Kreis 5) / Blumenau, Switzerland