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public  Shimen, Cina Shimen, Cina  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 6:03 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 19:57
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θ Arae (theta Arae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:00 | Tran: 0:12 | Set: 3:24
Alt: -48.21°   Az: 133.99°   Direction: South-East

θ Arae is a supergiant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Ara.

θ Arae visual magnitude is 3.66. Because of its moderate brightness, θ Arae 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 Arae (theta Arae) star
DSS2 image of θ Arae. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Arae during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 08m 37s
-50° 05’ 12”
15h 13m 23s
09h 22m 00s

J2000

18h 06m 37s
-50° 05’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

343.33°
-13.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Arae (theta Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.66
Supergiant

-3.80
B2I
11247K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Arae is distant 1,012.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

310.56
1,012.42
3 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Arae
(theta Arae)
SAO245242
SAO245242

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Arae (theta Arae) rise, transit and set times from Shimen, Cina are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 140.1°
Max altitude: 10.8°
Azimuth: 219.9°