Beta Coronae Australis

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Beta Coronae Australis is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Corona Australis, visible to the naked eye from dark-sky locations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
star
apparentColor orange
apparentMagnitudeV 4.11
bayerDesignation β Coronae Australis NERFINISHED
belongsToAsterism Corona Australis constellation figure NERFINISHED
celestialHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
colorIndexBMinusV +1.11
constellation Corona Australis NERFINISHED
declination −39° 20′ 38″
distanceFromEarth approximately 135 parsecs
approximately 440 light-years
effectiveTemperature about 4700 K
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED
evolutionaryStage bright giant
giant star
flamsteedDesignation 7 Coronae Australis NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude −14.9°
galacticLongitude 0.5°
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasCompanions no well-established stellar companion
HDNumber HD 177483 NERFINISHED
HIPNumber HIP 93747 NERFINISHED
HRNumber HR 7234 NERFINISHED
locatedIn Milky Way
luminosity approximately 400 times solar luminosity
mass approximately 3 solar masses
metallicity near-solar
parallax 7.40 mas
properMotionDec −25.39 mas/yr
properMotionRA +7.40 mas/yr
radialVelocity −11 km/s
radius approximately 33 solar radii
rightAscension 18h 59m 37s
spectralType K0II-III
variableStarStatus not known to be variable
visibility best seen from southern latitudes
circumpolar from high southern latitudes
visibleToNakedEye true

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Corona Australis contains Beta Coronae Australis