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Sunset: 21:06
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ι Antliae (iota Antliae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:08 | Tran: 19:15 | Set: 20:23
Alt: -38.69°   Az: 256.13°   Direction: West-South-West

ι Antliae is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Antlia.

ι Antliae visual magnitude is 4.6. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Antliae 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 ι Antliae (iota Antliae) star
DSS2 image of ι Antliae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Antliae during the next 1000 years (1.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.13 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 57m 54s
-37° 16’ 26”
07h 11m 07s
18h 09m 01s

J2000

10h 56m 43s
-37° 08’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

278.85°
20.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Antliae (iota Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.6
Giant

0.67
K1III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ι Antliae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Antliae is distant 198.78 light years from the Sun

60.98
198.78
0.077 arcsec/y
-0.128"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Antliae
(iota Antliae)
SAO201927
SAO201927

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 127.3°
Max altitude: 1.2°
Azimuth: 232.7°