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δ Arae (delta Arae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -56.27°   Az: 230.19°   Direction: South-West

δ Arae is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Ara.

δ Arae visual magnitude is 3.62. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Arae 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 δ Arae (delta Arae) star
DSS2 image of δ Arae. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Arae during the next 1000 years (-0.98 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 33m 23s
-60° 42’ 03”
07h 57m 20s
01h 30m 44s

J2000

17h 31m 05s
-60° 41’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

331.27°
-14.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Arae (delta Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.62
Main-sequence

-0.17
B8V
11573K

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

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

Star System Properties

δ Arae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ Arae double sysyem:

3.62
11.62
8
47.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Arae is distant 187.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

57.41
187.14
10 km/s
-0.059 arcsec/y
-0.096"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Arae
(delta Arae)
SAO253945
SAO253945

Visibility from Your Location

δ Arae (delta Arae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK