γ Sculptoris (gamma Sculptoris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:56 | Tran: 23:23 | Set: 1:55

Alt: -27.37° Az: 251.43° Direction: West-South-West

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

Right Ascension 23h 20m 09s

Declination -32° 23’ 46”

Hour Angle 06h 17m 40s

Sideral Time 05h 37m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 18m 49s

Declination -32° 31’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 12.25°

Galactic Latitude -69.25°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for γ Sculptoris (gamma Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.41

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.72

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.13

Temperature 4451K

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

Distance (parsec) 54.82

Distance (light year) 178.73

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation γ Sculptoris
(gamma Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219784

SAO Catalogue SAO214444

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115102

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3316476

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9821

FK5 Catalogue 879

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° RISE 20:56

Max altitude: 6.1° TRANSIT 23:23

Azimuth: 237.6° SET 1:55

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor