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κ Arae (kappa Arae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -17.87°   Az: 154.11°   Direction: South-South-East

κ Arae is a multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Ara.

κ Arae visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, κ 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 κ Arae (kappa Arae) star
DSS2 image of κ Arae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Arae during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 27m 58s
-50° 39’ 14”
21h 16m 10s
14h 44m 09s

J2000

17h 25m 59s
-50° 38’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

339.6°
-8.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Arae (kappa Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23
Giant

-0.20
G8III
4603K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ Arae 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 κ Arae double sysyem:

5.23
13.53
8.3
30 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Arae is distant 398.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

122.10
398.05
17 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Arae
(kappa Arae)
SAO244734
SAO244734

Visibility from Your Location

κ Arae (kappa Arae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK