Get to know Miaplacidus
Use this bright star as a reference point while learning the sky. The catalog position is J2000.0; the chart transforms coordinates for your selected date. Catalog brightness is a reference value and may differ for variable stars. Visibility also depends on darkness, weather and your local horizon.
- Catalog distance
- About 113.2 light-years
- Catalog V magnitude
- 1.67
- J2000 right ascension
- 9.2200 h
- J2000 declination
- -69.7172°
- Observing guide
- Naked-eye candidate
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