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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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θ Antliae (theta Antliae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:34 | Tran: 18:46 | Set: 21:59
Alt: -22.63°   Az: 253.14°   Direction: West-South-West

θ Antliae is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Antlia.

θ Antliae visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, θ Antliae 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 θ Antliae (theta Antliae) star
DSS2 image of θ Antliae. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Antliae during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 45m 20s
-27° 53’ 12”
06h 07m 49s
15h 53m 10s

J2000

09h 44m 12s
-27° 46’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

259.89°
19.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Antliae (theta Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.79
Main-sequence

-0.57
A8V
6344K

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

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

Star System Properties

θ 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 θ Antliae double sysyem:

4.79
4.99
0.2
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Antliae is distant 383.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

117.79
383.98
24 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Antliae
(theta Antliae)
SAO177908
SAO177908
Gl 366.1A

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 117.9°
Max altitude: 10.6°
Azimuth: 242.1°