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ι Microscopii (iota Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.58°   Az: 257.01°   Direction: South-South-West

ι Microscopii is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Microscopium.

ι Microscopii visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, ι Microscopii 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 Microscopii (iota Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of ι Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Microscopii during the next 1000 years (3.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.77 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 50m 11s
-43° 53’ 35”
08h 03m 22s
04h 53m 34s

J2000

20h 48m 29s
-43° 59’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

356.83°
-39.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Microscopii (iota Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.11
Sub-giant

2.04
F1IV
7158K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Microscopii is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Microscopii double sysyem:

5.11
15.51
10.4
4.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Microscopii is distant 133.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

41.07
133.88
-15 km/s
0.185 arcsec/y
-0.106"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Microscopii
(iota Microscopii)
SAO230379
SAO230379
Gl 808.1

Visibility from Your Location

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