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Beta Arae (β Ara β Arae) is the brightest star in the constellation Ara with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.8. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of roughly 650 light-years (200 parsecs) from Earth.The spectrum of this star matches a stellar classification of K3 Ib-IIa with the luminosity class notation ‘Ib-IIa’ indicating that the star lies part way between a higher luminosity bright giant (IIa) and a lower luminosity supergiant (Ib).
