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EntityQ969885· pop 22· linked from 60 articles

brightest star in the constellation Apus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
*
Spectral type
K3IIICN0.5
Distance
498 light-years
Redshift
z = -3.3356403961182224e-7
Coordinates
RA 221.9655° · Dec -79.0448°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
star
Named after
Apus
Official name
Paradys
Constellation
Apus
Distance from Earth
132.4170
Radius
48
Image
Apus IAU.svg
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spectral class
K5
catalog code
UBV M 20297
apparent magnitude
0.655
right ascension
221.96546676958
declination
-79.04475090139
parallax
7.30
radial velocity
0.4
epoch
J2000.0
absolute magnitude
-1.67
right ascension component of proper motion
-1
declination component of proper motion
-26
effective temperature
4090
metallicity
-0.3
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