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Loading contentBeta Arae is a red supergiant in the constellation Ara (Arae), lying about 645.9 light-years from Earth.
Class K. Cooler orange stars. Long-lived and abundant; many are stable hosts for planets. Such stars have surface temperatures around 3,700–5,200 K and appear orange to the eye.
| Spectral type | K3Ib-II |
| Luminosity class | Ib |
| Apparent magnitude | 2.84 |
| Absolute magnitude | -3.64 |
| Luminosity (Sun = 1) | 2,498 |
| Colour index (B−V) | 1.479 |
| Distance | 645.9 ly (198.02 pc) |
Values are real catalogue data; fields without a reliable value are omitted, never estimated.
A red supergiant is a colossal, cool, luminous evolved star. The largest known stars are red supergiants, and many end as supernovae.
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Aggregated, openly-licensed star catalogue combining Hipparcos, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, and the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
High-precision parallax, magnitude, and position for ~118,000 stars.