List of stars in Corona Australis explained

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Corona Australis, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B	Var	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
	β		178345	94160			4.10	−1.86	508	K0II/IIICN.	suspected variable
	α		178253	94114			4.11	1.11	130	A0/A1V	Meridiana (traditionally Alphekka Meridiana, Alfecca Meridiana)
	γ		177474	93825			4.23	2.97	58	F7IV-V	double star
	δ		177873	94005			4.57	0.93	175	K1III
	θ		170845	90982			4.62	−2.50	867	G5III
	ζ		176638	93542			4.74	0.99	184	A0Vn
	ε		175813	93174			4.83	2.45	98	F3IV/V	W UMa variable,
			165189	88726			4.92	1.71	143	A5V
	γ		177475				4.99				component of the γ CrA system
			168592	90037			5.09	−0.85	503	K4/K5III
	λ		172777	91875			5.11	1.15	202	A0/A1V	suspected variable,
			170642	90887			5.16	1.02	220	A3V
	μ		173540	92226			5.20	−0.20	393	G5/G6III
			168905	90200			5.24	−0.79	524	B2.5Vn	suspected variable
			175219	92953			5.35	0.46	310	G6III-IV
		V686	175362	92989			5.36	−0.22	425	B3V	α2 CVn variable,
			172991	91989			5.40	−2.64	1320	K1/K2III+..
		V718	171967	91494			5.42	−1.58	817	M2III	slow irregular variable
			167096	89507			5.45	0.87	268	G8/K0III
	η1		173715	92308			5.46	0.33	347	A2Vn
		V692	166596	89290			5.47	−3.06	1655	B2.5III	SX Ari variable,
	η2		173861	92382			5.60	−0.75	607	B9IV
			169853	90541			5.63	−0.29	498	A2m...
	κ2		170868	90968			5.67	−2.94	1716	B9.5
			170521	90842			5.71	−2.20	1244	K2III
V701 CrA		V701	176723	93552			5.73	1.68	211	F2III/IV	δ Sct variable,
			166114	89099			5.86	1.28	269	F0Vn	suspected variable
			178322	94157			5.86	−1.14	817	B5V	suspected variable
			179433	94556			5.91	1.12	296	G8III
			170384	90759			6.02	1.55	255	A3V
			177565	93858			6.15	4.98	56	G8V	has a planet (b)
			176425	93470			6.21	1.04	352	A0V
			170773	90936			6.22	3.43	118	F5V
			175395	93049			6.27	−0.43	712	B9V
			175529	93074			6.29	2.34	201	A5IV/V
			167756	89726			6.30			B0.5Ia	suspected variable,
	κ1		170867	90969			6.31	0.43	489	B8
			178628	94243			6.34	−3.19	2629	B7II/III
			169943	90597			6.36	0.38	512	G8III
			176270	93371			6.44	2.00	252	B9.5IV:
			178254	94130			6.44	1.29	350	K0III
			168357	89920			6.46	−2.76	2280	K2II
			174407	92608			6.47	−0.13	682	K3III
			175093	92866			6.48	0.91	424	K1III
			175855	93209			6.49	0.62	486	B9.5V
			174152	92487			6.50	−2.18	1772	B5III
		V693					6.50				nova,
		V394					7.50				recurrent nova and eclipsing binary,
		V694	166473				7.92			A5p	rapidly oscillating Ap star and α2 CVn variable
			166724	89354			9.31		138	K0IV	has a planet (b)
		TY					9.39			B8e	Orion and Algol variable,
		V	173539	92207			9.40			R...	R Coronae Borealis variable,
		S					10.49			G0Ve+K0Ve	Orion variable in nebula,
		R		93449			11.50		79.64	A5IIev	Orion variable in nebula
		T					11.67			F0e	Orion variable in nebula,
		V691					15.10				Low-mass X-ray binary (pulsar) and eclipsing binary
							25.7		400		closest known neutron star to Earth; possible quark star
		Y	166813							M6	Z Andromedae variable
RU Coronae Australis	RU CrA		RU	180206							[WC3/4]	slow irregular variable; central star of planetary nebula IC 1297

See also

• List of stars by constellation

References

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