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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Gamma Arae
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	6462
HD	157246
Constellation	Ara
Right Ascension	17h 25m 24s
Declination	-56° 22' 40"
Distance	c. 1,100 light years c. 300 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.3 Absolute: -4.4
Spectral Class	B1Ib blue supergiant
Optimum Visibility	June / July (usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	This hot blue supergiant has a diameter more than twenty times that of the Sun, and emits some five thousand times as much light energy. It has a rapid rate of rotation, and is a variable star showing non-radial pulsations.

A distant blue supergiant star lying in the constellation of Ara. Though it lies more than 1,100 light years from Earth, it is so luminous that is visible to the naked eye.

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