β-Ara (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , β-Ara is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.
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Name
β-Ara
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h25m17s [4] |
| Declination: | −55°31'47" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ara |
| Magnitude: | 2.81 (V) [2] 4.74 (BT) [2] 2.97 (VT) [2] 2.39 (G) [4] 3.56 (BP) [4] 2.12 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 219.3 parsec 714.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.51 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 27.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 197.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.90 |
Sources