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ε1 Arae (epsilon1 Arae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -16.44°   Az: 165.89°   Direction: South-South-East

ε1 Arae is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Ara.

ε1 Arae visual magnitude is 4.06. Because of its moderate brightness, ε1 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 ε1 Arae (epsilon1 Arae) star
DSS2 image of ε1 Arae. The red arrow shows the motion of ε1 Arae during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 01m 37s
-53° 11’ 48”
22h 28m 05s
15h 29m 43s

J2000

16h 59m 35s
-53° 09’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

335.15°
-6.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε1 Arae (epsilon1 Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.06
Giant

-0.79
K4III
3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ε1 Arae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ε1 Arae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε1 Arae is distant 304.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

93.28
304.10
23 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

ε1 Arae
(epsilon1 Arae)
SAO244331
SAO244331

Visibility from Your Location

ε1 Arae (epsilon1 Arae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK