Its story
The CrA has a visual magnitude of about 4.34: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for The CrA: right ascension 18h 33m 30s, declination −42° 18′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).
The CrA. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 90982, HD 170845, Gaia DR3 6722114239093474048. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 90982
- Right ascension
- 18h 33m 30s
- Declination
- −42° 18′ 45″
- Magnitude
- 4.34
- Distance
- ≈ 529 ly
Data: gaia-dr3