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public  Perugia, Italy Perugia, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:43 
Transit: 13:16 
Sunset: 20:48
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α Telescopii (alpha Telescopii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:17 | Tran: 0:15 | Set: 1:13
Alt: -55.08°   Az: 112.27°   Direction: East-South-East

α Telescopii is a sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Telescopium.

α Telescopii visual magnitude is 3.51. Because of its moderate brightness, α Telescopii 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 Telescopii (alpha Telescopii) star
DSS2 image of α Telescopii. The red arrow shows the motion of α Telescopii during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 28m 51s
-45° 57’ 03”
15h 18m 32s
09h 47m 23s

J2000

18h 26m 58s
-45° 58’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

348.67°
-15.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Telescopii (alpha Telescopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.51
Sub-giant

-0.91
B3IV
12902K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Telescopii is distant 249.24 light years from the Sun

76.45
249.24
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

α Telescopii
(alpha Telescopii)
SAO229023
SAO229023

Visibility from Your Location

Today's α Telescopii (alpha Telescopii) rise, transit and set times from Perugia, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 136.0°
Max altitude: 0.9°
Azimuth: 224.0°