Meridiana - α Coronae Australis (alpha Coronae Australis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:10 | Tran: 18:59 | Set: 19:49

Alt: -73.54° Az: 39.27° Direction: North-East

Meridiana, also designated as α Coronae Australis (alpha Coronae Australis), is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Corona Australis.

Meridiana visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, Meridiana 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 Meridiana - α Coronae Australis (alpha Coronae Australis) star

DSS2 image of Meridiana. The red arrow shows the motion of Meridiana during the next 1000 years (1.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 11m 09s

Declination -37° 51’ 46”

Hour Angle 12h 52m 30s

Sideral Time 08h 03m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 09m 28s

Declination -37° 54’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 359.54°

Galactic Latitude -19.59°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Meridiana - α Coronae Australis (alpha Coronae Australis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.11

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.11

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature 9652K

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

H-R diagram showing the position of Meridiana. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Meridiana is distant 129.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.76

Distance (light year) 129.62

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.084 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.098"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Meridiana

Bayer designation α Coronae Australis
(alpha Coronae Australis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD178253

SAO Catalogue SAO210990

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94114

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3813350

FK5 Catalogue 718

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Meridiana - α Coronae Australis (alpha Coronae Australis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 18:10

Max altitude: 0.7° TRANSIT 18:59

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 19:49

Set Location

Other stars in Corona Australis