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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:01 
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δ Reticuli (delta Reticuli)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.84°   Az: 203.59°   Direction: South-West

δ Reticuli is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Reticulum.

δ Reticuli visual magnitude is 4.56. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Reticuli 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 Reticuli (delta Reticuli) star
DSS2 image of δ Reticuli. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Reticuli during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 59m 09s
-61° 19’ 43”
03h 07m 44s
07h 06m 53s

J2000

03h 58m 44s
-61° 24’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

274.02°
-43.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Reticuli (delta Reticuli).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.56
Giant

-1.50
M2III
3622K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Reticuli is distant 530.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

162.60
530.08
-1 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Reticuli
(delta Reticuli)
SAO248918
SAO248918

Visibility from Your Location

δ Reticuli (delta Reticuli) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK