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public  Bulak, Indonesia Bulak, Indonesia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Jakarta
Sunrise: 5:46 
Transit: 11:37 
Sunset: 17:27
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ι Chamaeleontis (iota Chamaeleontis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:38 | Tran: 14:51 | Set: 23:59
Alt: 9.31°   Az: 188.83°   Direction: South-South-West

ι Chamaeleontis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Chamaeleon.

ι Chamaeleontis visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its faintness, ι Chamaeleontis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ι Chamaeleontis (iota Chamaeleontis) star
DSS2 image of ι Chamaeleontis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Chamaeleontis during the next 1000 years (-2.43 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 23m 14s
-80° 53’ 49”
04h 53m 03s
14h 16m 17s

J2000

09h 24m 09s
-80° 47’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

295.18°
-21.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Chamaeleontis (iota Chamaeleontis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.36
Sub-giant

1.60
F3IV
6625K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Chamaeleontis is distant 184.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

56.53
184.28
7 km/s
-0.146 arcsec/y
0.14"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Chamaeleontis
(iota Chamaeleontis)
SAO258530
SAO258530

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Chamaeleontis (iota Chamaeleontis) rise, transit and set times from Bulak, Indonesia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Jakarta):

Azimuth: 170.9°
Max altitude: 15.9°
Azimuth: 189.1°