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public  Bray, Ireland Bray, Ireland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Dublin
Sunrise: 5:00 
Transit: 13:27 
Sunset: 21:54
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ε Sculptoris (epsilon Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:23 | Tran: 8:48 | Set: 12:13
Alt: -1.44°   Az: 227.92°   Direction: South

ε Sculptoris is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Sculptor.

ε Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, ε Sculptoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ε Sculptoris (epsilon Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of ε Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Sculptoris during the next 1000 years (2.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.95 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 46m 50s
-24° 55’ 32”
03h 39m 35s
05h 26m 25s

J2000

01h 45m 38s
-25° 03’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

206.28°
-77.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Sculptoris (epsilon Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
Main-sequence

3.12
F1V
6934K

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

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

Star System Properties

ε 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 ε Sculptoris double sysyem:

5.31
8.51
3.2
4.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Sculptoris is distant 89.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

27.43
89.41
15 km/s
0.162 arcsec/y
-0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Sculptoris
(epsilon Sculptoris)
SAO167275
SAO167275

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Sculptoris (epsilon Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Bray, Ireland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Dublin):

Azimuth: 114.9°
Max altitude: 11.9°
Azimuth: 245.1°