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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:45  ☀️ Transit: 13:03  🌅 Sunset: 19:23

11 Trianguli

11 Trianguli is a giant star in the constellation of Triangulum.

11 Trianguli visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its reltive faintness, 11 Trianguli should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 11 Trianguli:

5.54
Giant
11 Trianguli is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 0°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 11 Trianguli

11 Trianguli is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 11 Trianguli are provided in the following table:

02h 27m 27s
+31° 48’ 05”
145.72°
-26.79°
Triangulum

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 11 Trianguli in the sky:

Finder chart 11 Trianguli star
Simplified finder chart for 11 Trianguli.

Visibility of 11 Trianguli from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 11 Trianguli rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.2°
Max altitude: 70.3°
Azimuth: 301.8°
11 Trianguli is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 11 Trianguli

The image below is a photograph of 11 Trianguli from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 11 Trianguli is -0.027 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 11 Trianguli star
DSS2 image of 11 Trianguli. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Trianguli during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 11 Trianguli from the Sun and relative movement

11 Trianguli is distant 286.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

87.80 pc
286.22 ly
-39 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/year
-0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 11 Trianguli

11 Trianguli belongs to spectral class K1

0.82
K1
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Trianguli is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Trianguli. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 11 Trianguli

11 Trianguli
SAO55570
SAO55570