χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:01 | Tran: 9:55 | Set: 11:49

Alt: -37.69° Az: 102.88° Direction: East-South-East

χ3 Fornacis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Fornax.

χ3 Fornacis visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, χ3 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 χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis) star

DSS2 image of χ3 Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ3 Fornacis during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 29m 10s

Declination -35° 45’ 58”

Hour Angle 16h 47m 47s

Sidereal Time 20h 16m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 28m 11s

Declination -35° 51’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 237.56°

Galactic Latitude -55.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.5

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.27

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.13

Temperature 8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ3 Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of χ3 Fornacis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

χ3 Fornacis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the χ3 Fornacis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.5

Secondary star magnitude 10.5

Magnitude difference 4

Separation 6.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ3 Fornacis is distant 361.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 110.99

Distance (light year) 361.82

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation χ3 Fornacis
(chi3 Fornacis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21635

SAO Catalogue SAO194318

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16156

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 1310

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis) rise, transit and set times from Beuern, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 125.8° RISE 8:01

Max altitude: 3.6° TRANSIT 9:55

Azimuth: 234.2° SET 11:49

Name:	Beuern, Germany
Latitude:	50° 37' 38.6" N
Longitude:	8° 49' 15.9" E
Timezone:	Europe/Berlin

Set Location

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