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 is at about 3,900 degrees.

It is 390.6 light years away: 3695 trillion kilometres.