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ι Arae (iota Arae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.93°   Az: 190.99°   Direction: South

ι Arae is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Ara.

ι Arae visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, ι Arae 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 ι Arae (iota Arae) star
DSS2 image of ι Arae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Arae during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 25m 09s
-47° 29’ 24”
01h 04m 33s
18h 29m 43s

J2000

17h 23m 16s
-47° 28’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

342.01°
-6.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Arae (iota Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Giant

-1.47
B2III
11744K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Arae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Arae double sysyem:

5.25
10.55
5.3
42.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Arae is distant 721.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

221.24
721.24
-19 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Arae
(iota Arae)
SAO227886
SAO227886

Visibility from Your Location

ι Arae (iota Arae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK