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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:18
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χ Lupi (chi Lupi)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:52 | Tran: 22:04 | Set: 0:15
Alt: -10.72°   Az: 228.02°   Direction: South-West

χ Lupi is a sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lupus.

χ Lupi visual magnitude is 3.95. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Lupi 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 χ Lupi (chi Lupi) star
DSS2 image of χ Lupi. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Lupi during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 52m 35s
-33° 42’ 09”
04h 05m 33s
19h 58m 08s

J2000

15h 50m 57s
-33° 37’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

340.57°
15.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Lupi (chi Lupi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.95
Sub-giant

-0.05
B9IV
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ Lupi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Lupi is distant 205.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

63.05
205.55
5 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Lupi
(chi Lupi)
SAO207040
SAO207040

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 123.7°
Max altitude: 4.8°
Azimuth: 236.3°