α-Ant (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , α-Ant is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 17° above the horizon.
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Name
α-Ant
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h27m08s [4] |
| Declination: | −31°04'03" [4] |
| Constellation: | Antlia |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.27 (V) [2] 6.18 (BT) [2] 4.42 (VT) [2] 3.73 (G) [4] 4.53 (BP) [4] 2.89 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 112.3 parsec 366.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.49 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 81.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 276.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.99 |
Sources