Gamma Coronae Australis
A binary star system of two nearly identical F-type stars.
Gamma Coronae Australis is a binary star system in Corona Australis with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.20, faintly visible to the naked eye. Located 56.4 light-years from the Sun, it belongs to the Milky Way's thin disk. The two nearly identical late F-type main-sequence stars orbit each other every 121.76 years.
Quick Facts
- Bayer designation
- γ Coronae Australis
- Combined apparent visual magnitude
- 4.20
- Distance from sun
- 56.4 ly
- Orbital period
- 121.76 years
- Orbital eccentricity
- 0.320
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