α Sculptoris (alpha Sculptoris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:37 | Tran: 10:38 | Set: 13:38

Alt: -65.58° Az: 330.58° Direction: North-North-West

α Sculptoris is a variable giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Sculptor.

α Sculptoris visual magnitude is 4.31. Because of its moderate brightness, α Sculptoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of α Sculptoris (alpha Sculptoris) star

DSS2 image of α Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of α Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 59m 49s

Declination -29° 13’ 15”

Hour Angle 11h 06m 11s

Sidereal Time 12h 06m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 58m 36s

Declination -29° 21’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 268.05°

Galactic Latitude -87.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Sculptoris (alpha Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.31

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.26

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.16

Temperature 12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where α Sculptoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of α Sculptoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Sculptoris is distant 672.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 206.19

Distance (light year) 672.16

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation α Sculptoris
(alpha Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD5737

SAO Catalogue SAO166716

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP4577

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 297

FK5 Catalogue 35

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 359

Visibility from Your Location

Today's α Sculptoris (alpha Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.2° RISE 7:37

Max altitude: 9.3° TRANSIT 10:38

Azimuth: 240.8° SET 13:38

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor