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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Eta Normae
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	5962
HD	143546
Constellation	Norma
Right Ascension	16h 3m 13s
Declination	-49° 13' 47"
Distance	219 light years 67 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.6 Absolute: +0.5
Spectral Class	G8III yellow giant
Optimum Visibility	June (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	At a magnitude of just +4.63, Eta Normae is nonetheless the third brightest star in the faint southern constellation of Norma. This is a yellow giant star in the later stages of its life; having swollen to a diameter some eleven times that of the Sun, the star is now burning helium rather than hydrogen in its core.

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