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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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ε Antliae (epsilon Antliae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:28 | Tran: 19:03 | Set: 20:38
Alt: -36.57°   Az: 104.18°   Direction: East-South-East

ε Antliae is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Antlia.

ε Antliae visual magnitude is 4.51. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Antliae 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 ε Antliae (epsilon Antliae) star
DSS2 image of ε Antliae. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Antliae during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 30m 17s
-36° 03’ 47”
16h 57m 40s
02h 27m 57s

J2000

09h 29m 14s
-35° 57’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

263.39°
10.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Antliae (epsilon Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.51
Giant

-2.15
K3III
3886K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Antliae is distant 699.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

214.59
699.57
22 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Antliae
(epsilon Antliae)
SAO200416
SAO200416

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Antliae (epsilon Antliae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.1°
Max altitude: 2.5°
Azimuth: 233.9°