Kappa2 Coronae Australis

Kappa² Coronae Australis (K2 CrA), is a star located in the constellation Corona Australis. Kappa2 Coronae Australis is also known as HR 6953 and HD 170867. The star is located at right ascension 18h 33m 23.1s and declination -38 deg 43 arcmin 34 arcsec.

Kappa2 Coronae Australis is a visual double star with Kappa1 Coronae Australis, also known as HR 6952. 1 and 2 are located at 21.4 arcminutes from each other. The double is the only one in line of sight, as Kappa1 is much more distant than the dimmer and closer Kappa2. Kappa2 Coronae Australis is a B9V star with apparent an visual magnitude of +5.65 and an absolute magnitude of +0.421.

Kappa2 Coronae Australis is located at a distance of 150 pc or 488.4 light years.

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Corona Australis constellation

Stars (list)

Bayer	α (Alphekka Meridiana) β γ δ ε ζ η¹ η² θ κ¹ κ² λ μ

Variable	R S T V Y TY WX V394 V686 V692 V693 V694 V701 V718

HR	6749 6787 6818 6839 6856 6862 6875 6910 6915 6931 6937 6942 6948 7031 7122 7136 7156 7177 7232 7255 7257 7268 7281

HD	166724 174152 174407 175093 175395 176270

Other	2A 1822-371 RX J1856.5-3754

Star clusters

Open	Coronet cluster

Globular	NGC 6541

Molecular clouds

Corona Australis Cloud

Nebulae

Reflection	NGC 6726 NGC 6727 NGC 6729

Planetary	IC 1297

Galaxies

NGC 6768

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