| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Ara |
| Star Name | gam Ara |
| Skymap Number | 17250064 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 157246 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 6462 |
| SAO Number | 244726 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CP-56 8225 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 17254-5623
|
| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 345992 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 17h 25m 23.659s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -56° 22' 39.816" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0082s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.00009 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.015966 |
| Radial Velocity | -003.0km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00287s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00075s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.083291 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.547415 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.832706 |
| Galactic Longitude | 334.65° |
Galactic Latitude
| -11.48°
|
| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 3.32 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 3.18 |
| Observed B-V Colour | -0.141 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.004 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 3.3 |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | B1Ib |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | B1 |
| Position Angle | 328 |
| Year of Observation | 1934. AD |