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

Right Ascension 09h 30m 17s

Declination -36° 03’ 47”

Hour Angle 16h 57m 40s

Sidereal Time 02h 27m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 29m 14s

Declination -35° 57’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 263.39°

Galactic Latitude 10.96°

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Finder chart for ε Antliae (epsilon Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.51

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.15

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.44

Temperature 3886K

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

Distance (parsec) 214.59

Distance (light year) 699.57

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ε Antliae
(epsilon Antliae)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD82150

SAO Catalogue SAO200416

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP46515

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 5724

FK5 Catalogue 356

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° RISE 17:28

Max altitude: 2.5° TRANSIT 19:03

Azimuth: 233.9° SET 20:38

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia