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δ Fornacis (delta Fornacis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:31 | Tran: 13:05 | Set: 15:39
Alt: -44.95°   Az: 86.76°   Direction: East

δ Fornacis is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Fornax.

δ Fornacis visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Fornacis 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 δ Fornacis (delta Fornacis) star
DSS2 image of δ Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Fornacis during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 43m 15s
-31° 51’ 31”
15h 45m 11s
19h 28m 27s

J2000

03h 42m 14s
-31° 56’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

230.88°
-52.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Fornacis (delta Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Sub-giant

-1.76
B5IV
12692K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Fornacis is distant 732.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

224.72
732.58
26 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Fornacis
(delta Fornacis)
SAO194467
SAO194467

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 121.9°
Max altitude: 6.7°
Azimuth: 238.1°