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χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:24 | Tran: 3:04 | Set: 4:44
Alt: -15.29°   Az: 230.99°   Direction: South-West

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

03h 29m 08s
-35° 46’ 07”
04h 29m 53s
07h 59m 02s

J2000

03h 28m 11s
-35° 51’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

237.56°
-55.71°

Finder Chart

Finder chart χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis) star
Simplified finder chart for χ3 Fornacis (chi3 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Main-sequence

1.27
A1V
8748K

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

HR 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:

6.5
10.5
4
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.

110.99
361.82
15 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

χ3 Fornacis
(chi3 Fornacis)
SAO194318
SAO194318

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 125.8°
Max altitude: 2.8°
Azimuth: 234.2°