ι Gruis (iota Gruis)

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -44.66° Az: 249.03° Direction: West-South-West

ι Gruis is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Grus.

ι Gruis visual magnitude is 3.9. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Gruis 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 Gruis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Gruis during the next 1000 years (2.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 11m 44s

Declination -45° 06’ 42”

Hour Angle 07h 19m 03s

Sideral Time 06h 30m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 10m 21s

Declination -45° 14’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 344.27°

Galactic Latitude -62.93°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ι Gruis (iota Gruis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.9

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.13

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Gruis is distant 184.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 56.72

Distance (light year) 184.91

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.136 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Gruis
(iota Gruis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD218670

SAO Catalogue SAO231468

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114421

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4514947

FK5 Catalogue 1605

Visibility from Your Location

ι Gruis (iota Gruis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

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