Star profile

Epsilon Coronae Australis

Variable star

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Epsilon Coronae Australis

Epsilon Coronae Australis is a yellow-white type F star lying just 99 light-years away, within the small southern crown. It is an eclipsing variable: two bodies bound so intimately that they almost graze each other, and as one passes in front of the other their combined brightness gently dips. It belongs to the family of contact binaries, one of the most extreme configurations of stellar coexistence.

Where it is and when to see it

Epsilon Coronae Australis lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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Astronomical data for Epsilon Coronae Australis

Constellation: Corona Australis
Apparent magnitude: 4.83
Distance: 98.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 284.681° · Dec -37.107°
Catalogue: HIP 93174 · HD 175813

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Other stars in Corona Australis

Corona Australis has 29 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 29 stars in Corona Australis