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public  Puting Kahoy, Philippines Puting Kahoy, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:35 
Transit: 12:01 
Sunset: 18:27
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ε Columbae (epsilon Columbae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:46 | Tran: 10:07 | Set: 15:23
Alt: -6.20°   Az: 234.95°   Direction: South-West

ε Columbae is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Columba.

ε Columbae visual magnitude is 3.87. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Columbae 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 ε Columbae (epsilon Columbae) star
DSS2 image of ε Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Columbae during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 32m 07s
-35° 27’ 10”
05h 50m 00s
11h 22m 07s

J2000

05h 31m 12s
-35° 28’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

239.89°
-30.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Columbae (epsilon Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.87
Giant

-0.78
K1III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ε Columbae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Columbae is distant 276.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

84.96
276.98
-5 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Columbae
(epsilon Columbae)
SAO195924
SAO195924

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Columbae (epsilon Columbae) rise, transit and set times from Puting Kahoy, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 125.5°
Max altitude: 40.3°
Azimuth: 234.5°