β Circini (beta Circini)
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -59.90°
Az: 145.57°
Direction: South-East
β Circini is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Circinus.
β Circini visual magnitude is 4.07. Because of its moderate brightness, β Circini 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.
DSS2 image of β Circini. The red arrow shows the motion of β Circini during the next
1000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.28 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for β Circini (beta Circini).
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Circini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of β Circini.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
β Circini is distant 96.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
β Circini (beta Circini) is currently not visible from Koutsopódi, Greece