ι Antliae (iota Antliae)

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:08 | Tran: 1:16 | Set: 2:24

Alt: -9.91° Az: 219.85° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 57m 53s

Declination -37° 16’ 20”

Hour Angle 03h 29m 56s

Sidereal Time 14h 27m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 56m 43s

Declination -37° 08’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 278.85°

Galactic Latitude 20.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Antliae (iota Antliae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.6

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.67

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

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

Distance (parsec) 60.98

Distance (light year) 198.78

Proper Motion RA 0.077 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.128"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Antliae
(iota Antliae)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94890

SAO Catalogue SAO201927

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53502

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 6808

FK5 Catalogue 414

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° RISE 0:08

Max altitude: 1.2° TRANSIT 1:16

Azimuth: 232.7° SET 2:24

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia