Zeta Coronae Australis
A blue-white B-type star with a circumstellar dust disk.
Zeta Coronae Australis is a solitary, blue-white hued B-type main sequence star in the southern constellation Corona Australis. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.75, it is visible to the naked eye. Located about 179 light-years from the Sun, it is a young, rapidly rotating star with a circumstellar dust disk.
Quick Facts
- Bayer designation
- ζ Coronae Australis
- Apparent visual magnitude
- +4.75
- Distance from sun
- 179 ly
- Stellar classification
- B9.5 Vann
- Effective temperature
- 12,039 K
- Projected rotational velocity
- 308 km/s
- Age
- 76 million years
- Circumstellar disk temperature
- 120 K
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