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Cervantes - μ Arae (mu Arae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -40.71°   Az: 125.78°   Direction: South-East

Cervantes, also designated as μ Arae (mu Arae), is a sub-giant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Ara.

Cervantes visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, Cervantes is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of Cervantes - μ Arae (mu Arae) star
DSS2 image of Cervantes. The red arrow shows the motion of Cervantes during the next 1000 years (-0.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 46m 09s
-51° 50’ 35”
17h 37m 55s
11h 24m 04s

J2000

17h 44m 08s
-51° 50’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

340.06°
-11.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Cervantes - μ Arae (mu Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
Sub-giant

4.23
G3IV
5602K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Cervantes is distant 49.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

15.28
49.80
-9 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.194"/y

Alternative Designations

Cervantes
μ Arae
(mu Arae)
SAO244981
SAO244981

Visibility from Your Location

Cervantes - μ Arae (mu Arae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK