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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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ι Centauri (iota Centauri)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:39 | Tran: 22:58 | Set: 0:16
Alt: -38.91°   Az: 257.10°   Direction: West-South-West

ι Centauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

ι Centauri visual magnitude is 2.75. Because of its brightness, ι Centauri is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of ι Centauri (iota Centauri) star
DSS2 image of ι Centauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Centauri during the next 1000 years (-5.68 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 22m 02s
-36° 50’ 40”
07h 14m 24s
20h 36m 27s

J2000

13h 20m 35s
-36° 42’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

309.42°
25.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Centauri (iota Centauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.75
Main-sequence

1.48
A2V
9652K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Centauri is distant 58.59 light years from the Sun

17.97
58.59
-0.341 arcsec/y
-0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Centauri
(iota Centauri)
SAO204371
SAO204371
Gl 508.1

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 126.8°
Max altitude: 1.7°
Azimuth: 233.2°