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γ Sculptoris (gamma Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:19 | Tran: 4:47 | Set: 7:14
Alt: 3.30°   Az: 159.07°   Direction: South-South-East

γ Sculptoris is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sculptor.

γ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 4.41. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Sculptoris (gamma Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of γ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 20m 11s
-32° 23’ 31”
22h 20m 03s
21h 40m 15s

J2000

23h 18m 49s
-32° 31’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

12.25°
-69.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Sculptoris (gamma Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.41
Giant

0.72
K1III
4451K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Sculptoris is distant 178.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

54.82
178.73
16 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
-0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Sculptoris
(gamma Sculptoris)
SAO214444
SAO214444

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.4°
Max altitude: 6.1°
Azimuth: 237.6°