χ2 Fornacis (chi2 Fornacis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:55 | Tran: 10:19 | Set: 12:42

Alt: -59.00° Az: 280.06° Direction: West

χ2 Fornacis is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Fornax.

χ2 Fornacis visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, χ2 Fornacis 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 χ2 Fornacis (chi2 Fornacis) star

DSS2 image of χ2 Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ2 Fornacis during the next 10000 years (13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 28m 32s

Declination -35° 35’ 38”

Hour Angle 09h 25m 39s

Sidereal Time 12h 54m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 27m 33s

Declination -35° 40’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 237.27°

Galactic Latitude -55.85°

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Finder chart for χ2 Fornacis (chi2 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.71

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.06

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.29

Temperature 4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ2 Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of χ2 Fornacis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ2 Fornacis is distant 464.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 142.45

Distance (light year) 464.39

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.081 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation χ2 Fornacis
(chi2 Fornacis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21574

SAO Catalogue SAO194312

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16112

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 1306

FK5 Catalogue 2244

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ2 Fornacis (chi2 Fornacis) rise, transit and set times from Plobsheim, Francia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Paris):

Azimuth: 125.6° RISE 7:55

Max altitude: 5.9° TRANSIT 10:19

Azimuth: 234.4° SET 12:42

Name:	Plobsheim, Francia
Latitude:	48° 28' 11.3" N
Longitude:	7° 43' 27.9" E
Timezone:	Europe/Paris

Set Location

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