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public  Huje, Germany Huje, Germany  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 13:26 
Sunset: 21:53
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δ Microscopii (delta Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:03 | Tran: 3:36 | Set: 6:05
Alt: -29.21°   Az: 101.87°   Direction: East-South-East

δ Microscopii is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Microscopium.

δ Microscopii visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, δ Microscopii 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 δ Microscopii (delta Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of δ Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Microscopii during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 07m 33s
-30° 01’ 17”
17h 22m 17s
14h 29m 50s

J2000

21h 06m 01s
-30° 07’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

15.35°
-40.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Microscopii (delta Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68
Hypergiant

0.64
K0III
4672K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Microscopii is distant 331.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

101.73
331.64
22 km/s
0.041 arcsec/y
-0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Microscopii
(delta Microscopii)
SAO212709
SAO212709

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ Microscopii (delta Microscopii) rise, transit and set times from Huje, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 120.0°
Max altitude: 6.0°
Azimuth: 240.0°