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TimezoneEurope/Madrid
Sunrise: 6:58 
Transit: 14:29 
Sunset: 22:01
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η Telescopii (eta Telescopii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -18.66°   Az: 212.28°   Direction: South-South-West

η Telescopii is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Telescopium.

η Telescopii visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its faintness, η Telescopii 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 Telescopii (eta Telescopii) star
DSS2 image of η Telescopii. The red arrow shows the motion of η Telescopii during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 24m 53s
-54° 22’ 22”
04h 01m 14s
23h 26m 08s

J2000

19h 22m 51s
-54° 25’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

342.9°
-26.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Telescopii (eta Telescopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.05
Hypergiant

1.66
A0V
9882K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Telescopii is distant 155.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

47.66
155.39
13 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.072"/y

Alternative Designations

η Telescopii
(eta Telescopii)
SAO246055
SAO246055

Visibility from Your Location

η Telescopii (eta Telescopii) is currently not visible from Fermoselle, España