Kaus-Australis (Star)

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Image of Kaus-Australis
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , Kaus-Australis is visible between 22:05 and 02:54. It will become accessible at around 22:05, when it rises to an altitude of 13° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:30, 21° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:54 when it sinks below 13° above your south-western horizon.

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Name Kaus-Australis
Object type Star
Other names
Kaus Australis
ε-Sgr
Epsilon Sagittarii
20-Sgr
20 Sagittarii
HR 6879[1]
HD 169022
HIP 90185[5]
TYC 7401-3471-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h24m10s [3]
Declination:−34°23'03" [3]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:1.81 (V) [3]
1.83 (BT) [2]
1.81 (VT) [2]
Distance:43.9 parsec
143.2 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.02
Proper motion (speed):130.3 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):197.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.40
Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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