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δ Sculptoris (delta Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:19 | Tran: 14:30 | Set: 17:41
Alt: -31.42°   Az: 96.64°   Direction: East

δ Sculptoris is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

δ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 4.57. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Sculptoris 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 Sculptoris (delta Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of δ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Sculptoris during the next 1000 years (1.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.77 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 50m 13s
-27° 59’ 26”
16h 54m 54s
16h 45m 08s

J2000

23h 48m 55s
-28° 07’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

25.18°
-76.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Sculptoris (delta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.57
Hypergiant

1.35
A0V
10002K

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

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

Star System Properties

δ Sculptoris 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 δ Sculptoris double sysyem:

4.57
9.07
4.5
74.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Sculptoris is distant 143.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

43.99
143.42
14 km/s
0.105 arcsec/y
-0.106"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Sculptoris
(delta Sculptoris)
SAO192167
SAO192167

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 118.0°
Max altitude: 10.5°
Azimuth: 242.0°