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Sunset: 17:09
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ε Microscopii (epsilon Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:16 | Tran: 11:48 | Set: 14:19
Alt: -13.80°   Az: 124.70°   Direction: South-East

ε Microscopii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Microscopium.

ε Microscopii visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Microscopii 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 Microscopii (epsilon Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of ε Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Microscopii during the next 10000 years (9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 19m 27s
-32° 03’ 57”
19h 18m 19s
16h 37m 46s

J2000

21h 17m 56s
-32° 10’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

13.2°
-43.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Microscopii (epsilon Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Main-sequence

1.19
A1V
9434K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Microscopii is distant 164.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

50.61
164.98
-1 km/s
0.058 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Microscopii
(epsilon Microscopii)
SAO212874
SAO212874

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.1°
Max altitude: 6.5°
Azimuth: 237.9°