Sky of Your Day
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  2. Atria

Atria

α Trianguli Australis

Atria is an orange giant, in the constellation Triangulum Australe. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1635.

Where to find it

From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.

Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 1.91.

What it’s like

It gives off 2,152 times as much light as the Sun.

Its surface temperature is about 3,600 degrees Celsius.

It is 390.6 light years away: 3695 trillion kilometres.