- Stars with a name
- 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.