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η Chamaeleontis (eta Chamaeleontis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -41.22°   Az: 174.45°   Direction: South

η Chamaeleontis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Chamaeleon.

η Chamaeleontis visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, η Chamaeleontis 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 η Chamaeleontis (eta Chamaeleontis) star
DSS2 image of η Chamaeleontis. The red arrow shows the motion of η Chamaeleontis during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 40m 24s
-79° 03’ 16”
22h 29m 53s
07h 10m 17s

J2000

08h 41m 19s
-78° 57’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

292.4°
-21.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Chamaeleontis (eta Chamaeleontis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.47
Main-sequence

0.54
B8V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where η Chamaeleontis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Chamaeleontis is distant 315.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

96.90
315.89
14 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

η Chamaeleontis
(eta Chamaeleontis)
SAO256543
SAO256543

Visibility from Your Location

η Chamaeleontis (eta Chamaeleontis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK