Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Bayan-Uhaa, Mongolia Bayan-Uhaa, Mongolia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Hovd
Sunrise: 4:29 
Transit: 12:29 
Sunset: 20:29
Search  close
All Constellations » Triangulum Australe » 

κ Trianguli Australis (kappa Trianguli Australis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -63.13°   Az: 151.15°   Direction: South-South-East

κ Trianguli Australis is a bright giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

κ Trianguli Australis visual magnitude is 5.09. Because of its faintness, κ Trianguli Australis 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 Trianguli Australis (kappa Trianguli Australis) star
DSS2 image of κ Trianguli Australis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Trianguli Australis during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 58m 02s
-68° 40’ 32”
14h 27m 22s
06h 25m 25s

J2000

15h 55m 29s
-68° 36’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

318.47°
-11.48°

Finder Chart

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for κ Trianguli Australis (kappa Trianguli Australis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.09
Bright giant

-4.72
G5II
4451K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Trianguli Australis is distant 2,990.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

917.43
2,990.83
6 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Trianguli Australis
(kappa Trianguli Australis)
SAO253342
SAO253342

Visibility from Your Location

κ Trianguli Australis (kappa Trianguli Australis) is currently not visible from Bayan-Uhaa, Mongolia