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ζ Arae (zeta Arae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.93°   Az: 222.78°   Direction: South-West

ζ Arae is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Ara.

ζ Arae visual magnitude is 3.13. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Arae (zeta Arae) star
DSS2 image of ζ Arae. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Arae during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 00m 42s
-56° 01’ 35”
05h 18m 58s
22h 19m 40s

J2000

16h 58m 37s
-55° 59’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

332.8°
-8.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Arae (zeta Arae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.13
Giant

-3.10
K3III
3649K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Arae is distant 573.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

176.06
573.94
-6 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Arae
(zeta Arae)
SAO244315
SAO244315

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Arae (zeta Arae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK