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Beta Coronae Australis
Location of β CrA (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Corona Australis
Right ascension 19 10 01.75580
Declination −39° 20′ 26.8644″
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.10±0.01
Characteristics
Spectral type K0 II/III CN1.5
U−B color index +1.07
B−V color index +1.20
R−I color index +0.61
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)2.7±0.7 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +4.37 mas/yr
Dec.: −36.65 mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.88 ± 0.25 mas
Distance470 ± 20 ly
(145 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.71
Details
Mass5.17±0.26 M☉
Radius38.5±1.9 R☉
Luminosity614±33 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.26 cgs
Temperature4,575±55 K
Metallicity +0.24 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6.2±2 km/s
Other designations
β CrA, 46 G. Coronae Australis[13], CD−39°13146, CPD−39°8327, GC 26380, HD 178345, HIP 94160, HR 7259, SAO 211005, PPM 298639
Database references
SIMBADdata

Beta Coronae Australis (Beta CrA), Latinized from β Coronae Australis, is a solitary star located in the southern constellation Corona Australis. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.10. The star is located around 470 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 2.7 km/s. At its current distance, Beta CrA's brightness is diminished by 0.29 magnitudes due to interstellar dust.

Beta CrA has a stellar classification of K0 II/III CN1.5, indicating that it is an evolved K-type star with the blended luminosity class of a bright giant and a regular giant star. The suffix CN1.5 indicates that the object has an anamolous overabundance of cyano radicals in its spectrum, making it a CN star. Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, the star has expanded to 39 times the Sun's girth. It has 5.17 times the mass of the Sun shines with a luminosity 614 times that of the Sun from its photosphere at a surface temperature of 4,575 K. Beta CrA is metal enriched (174% solar iron abundance) and spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 6.2 km/s.

References

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