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β Microscopii (beta Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:10 | Tran: 11:30 | Set: 13:49
Alt: -68.04°   Az: 39.44°   Direction: North-East

β Microscopii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Microscopium.

β Microscopii visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, β Microscopii is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of β Microscopii (beta Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of β Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of β Microscopii during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 53m 31s
-33° 04’ 53”
13h 05m 52s
09h 59m 24s

J2000

20h 51m 58s
-33° 10’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

10.73°
-38.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Microscopii (beta Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Main-sequence

-0.50
A2V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Microscopii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Microscopii is distant 661.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

202.84
661.26
-12 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

β Microscopii
(beta Microscopii)
SAO212499
SAO212499

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 123.1°
Max altitude: 5.4°
Azimuth: 236.9°