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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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η Horologii (eta Horologii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -27.20°   Az: 141.75°   Direction: South-East

η Horologii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Horologium.

η Horologii visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, η Horologii 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 Horologii (eta Horologii) star
DSS2 image of η Horologii. The red arrow shows the motion of η Horologii during the next 1000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 38m 14s
-52° 26’ 02”
19h 41m 43s
22h 19m 57s

J2000

02h 37m 24s
-52° 32’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

272.31°
-57.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Horologii (eta Horologii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
Main-sequence

2.07
A6V
7658K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Horologii is distant 144.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

44.46
144.95
-3 km/s
0.1 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

η Horologii
(eta Horologii)
SAO232835
SAO232835

Visibility from Your Location

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