Magnitude 4.51 Apparent magnitude (V) 4.51 | Constellation Antlia | |
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Epsilon Antliae (ε Ant, ε Antliae) is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Antlia. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +4.51, which means it is visible to the naked eye. From parallax measurements, the distance to this star is known to be around 710 light-years (220 parsecs). Photometry measurements during the Hipparcos mission indicate that this star is undergoing periodic variability by 0.0034 magnitudes over an 11.07941 day cycle.
The stellar classification of this star is K3 IIIa, where the luminosity class of III indicates that this is an evolved giant star. It is around 37 times the radius of the Sun. and shines with a luminosity approximately 1279 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 4320 K.