ι Gruis (iota Gruis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:29 | Tran: 4:34 | Set: 8:43

Alt: -66.72° Az: 151.79° Direction: South-South-East

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 47s

Declination -45° 06’ 28”

Hour Angle 13h 01m 23s

Sidereal Time 12h 13m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 10m 21s

Declination -45° 14’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 344.27°

Galactic Latitude -62.93°

Finder Chart

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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

Today's ι Gruis (iota Gruis) rise, transit and set times from Penghu, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 135.1° RISE 0:29

Max altitude: 19.5° TRANSIT 4:34

Azimuth: 224.9° SET 8:43

Name:	Penghu, China
Latitude:	25° 22' 59.2" N
Longitude:	118° 9' 7.2" E
Timezone:	Asia/Shanghai

Set Location

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