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η Antliae (eta Antliae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:23 | Tran: 0:03 | Set: 1:38
Alt: -43.35°   Az: 96.45°   Direction: East

η Antliae is a double giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Antlia.

η Antliae visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, η Antliae 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 η Antliae (eta Antliae) star
DSS2 image of η Antliae. The red arrow shows the motion of η Antliae during the next 10000 years (-14.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 59m 57s
-36° 00’ 43”
16h 13m 09s
02h 13m 07s

J2000

09h 58m 52s
-35° 53’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

267.94°
15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Antliae (eta Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23
Giant

2.66
F1III
7399K

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

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

Star System Properties

η Antliae 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 η Antliae double sysyem:

5.23
11.23
6
31.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Antliae is distant 106.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

32.61
106.29
30 km/s
-0.087 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

η Antliae
(eta Antliae)
SAO200926
SAO200926

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 126.0°
Max altitude: 2.5°
Azimuth: 234.0°