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public  McMinnville, United States McMinnville, United States  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Chicago
Sunrise: 5:29 
Transit: 12:45 
Sunset: 20:01
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η1 Fornacis (eta1 Fornacis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:31 | Tran: 9:27 | Set: 13:23
Alt: -1.65°   Az: 226.08°   Direction: South

η1 Fornacis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Fornax.

η1 Fornacis visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, η1 Fornacis is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of η1 Fornacis (eta1 Fornacis) star
DSS2 image of η1 Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of η1 Fornacis during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 48m 35s
-35° 26’ 43”
04h 08m 27s
06h 57m 02s

J2000

02h 47m 33s
-35° 33’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

238.99°
-63.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η1 Fornacis (eta1 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Hypergiant

0.12
K0III
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where η1 Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of η1 Fornacis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η1 Fornacis is distant 618.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

189.75
618.60
3 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

η1 Fornacis
(eta1 Fornacis)
SAO193916
SAO193916

Visibility from Your Location

Today's η1 Fornacis (eta1 Fornacis) rise, transit and set times from McMinnville, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Chicago):

Azimuth: 125.4°
Max altitude: 18.9°
Azimuth: 234.6°