Its story
Lam Ara has a visual magnitude of about 4.63: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Lam Ara: right ascension 17h 40m 24s, declination −49° 24′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Telescopium constellation (IAU figure Tel).
Lam Ara. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86486, HD 160032, Gaia DR3 5946685759563224960. In the SkyKeepsake Telescopium (Tel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 86486
- Right ascension
- 17h 40m 24s
- Declination
- −49° 24′ 59″
- Magnitude
- 4.63
- Distance
- ≈ 68.4 ly
Data: gaia-dr3