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γ Microscopii (gamma Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:41 | Tran: 11:12 | Set: 13:42
Alt: -54.52°   Az: 286.87°   Direction: West-North-West

γ Microscopii is a double giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Microscopium.

γ Microscopii visual magnitude is 4.67. Because of its moderate brightness, γ Microscopii 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 γ Microscopii (gamma Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of γ Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Microscopii during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 02m 49s
-32° 09’ 28”
09h 15m 59s
06h 18m 49s

J2000

21h 01m 17s
-32° 15’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

12.34°
-40.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Microscopii (gamma Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.67
Giant

0.49
G6III
5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where γ Microscopii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Star System Properties

γ Microscopii is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the γ Microscopii double sysyem:

4.67
13.67
9
25.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Microscopii is distant 223.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

68.54
223.44
18 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Microscopii
(gamma Microscopii)
SAO212636
SAO212636

Visibility from Your Location

Today's γ Microscopii (gamma Microscopii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.2°
Max altitude: 6.4°
Azimuth: 237.8°