Epsilon2 Arae

Epsilon2 Arae (ε2 Arae, ε2 Ara) is the Bayer designation for a double star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is approximately 89 ly distant from Earth. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.3, it is faintly visible to the naked eye.

The brighter star is a magnitude 5.44 F-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V Fe+0.5. The Fe+0.5 notation indicates that it has a somewhat higher than normal abundance of iron. It has a magnitude 8.65 companion at an angular separation of 0.590 arcseconds. It has a common proper motion white dwarf companion, WDS J17031-5314, with a magnitude of 13.47.