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public  Cinoyong, Indonesia Cinoyong, Indonesia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Jakarta
Sunrise: 6:07 
Transit: 11:58 
Sunset: 17:50
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δ Sculptoris (delta Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:26 | Tran: 5:37 | Set: 11:52
Alt: -44.15°   Az: 139.82°   Direction: South-West

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 14s
-27° 59’ 18”
14h 06m 28s
13h 56m 42s

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 Cinoyong, Indonesia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Jakarta):

Azimuth: 118.0°
Max altitude: 68.2°
Azimuth: 242.0°