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public  Niederleis, Austria Niederleis, Austria  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Vienna
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 20:52
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η Sculptoris (eta Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:11 | Tran: 6:02 | Set: 8:53
Alt: -11.63°   Az: 232.85°   Direction: South-West

η Sculptoris is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Sculptor.

η Sculptoris visual magnitude is 4.81. Because of its moderate brightness, η Sculptoris 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 η Sculptoris (eta Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of η Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of η Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 29m 11s
-32° 51’ 58”
04h 33m 24s
05h 02m 36s

J2000

00h 27m 55s
-33° 00’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

342.36°
-82.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Sculptoris (eta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.81
Giant

-1.32
M4III
3594K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Sculptoris is distant 547.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

168.07
547.90
11 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

η Sculptoris
(eta Sculptoris)
SAO192545
SAO192545

Visibility from Your Location

Today's η Sculptoris (eta Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Niederleis, Austria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Vienna):

Azimuth: 122.9°
Max altitude: 8.6°
Azimuth: 237.1°