β Sculptoris (beta Sculptoris)

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:23 | Tran: 7:18 | Set: 8:14

Alt: 0.36° Az: 171.65° Direction: South

β Sculptoris is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Sculptor.

β Sculptoris visual magnitude is 4.37. Because of its moderate brightness, β 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 β Sculptoris (beta Sculptoris) star

DSS2 image of β Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of β Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (14.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 34m 19s

Declination -37° 40’ 39”

Hour Angle 23h 17m 43s

Sidereal Time 22h 52m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 32m 58s

Declination -37° 49’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.04°

Galactic Latitude -70.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Sculptoris (beta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.37

Class Sub-giant

β Sculptoris is also a HgMnEu chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.68

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.09

Temperature 11407K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Sculptoris is distant 178.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 54.70

Distance (light year) 178.34

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.087 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation β Sculptoris
(beta Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221507

SAO Catalogue SAO214615

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116231

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3815527

FK5 Catalogue 886

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14608

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 127.7° RISE 6:23

Max altitude: 0.8° TRANSIT 7:18

Azimuth: 232.3° SET 8:14

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor