| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Ara |
| Star Name | kap Ara |
| Skymap Number | 17250170 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 157457 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 6468 |
| SAO Number | 244734 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-5011269 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 17260-5038
|
| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 345998 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 17h 26m 0.043s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -50° 38' 0.635" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0092s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00166 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | +0.009266 |
| Radial Velocity | +017.4km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00819s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00088s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.093750 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.627312 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.773105 |
| Galactic Longitude | 339.61° |
Galactic Latitude
| -8.45°
|
| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 5.20 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.004 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 6.24 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.042 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.005 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 5.0 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | G8III |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 |
| Position Angle | 180 |
| Year of Observation | AD |
