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public  Changfu, China Changfu, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 3:49 
Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 19:40
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ι Pictoris (iota Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.31°   Az: 213.02°   Direction: South-South-West

ι Pictoris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Pictor.

ι Pictoris visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, ι Pictoris 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 Pictoris (iota Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of ι Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Pictoris during the next 1000 years (-1.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 51m 30s
-53° 25’ 03”
03h 48m 25s
08h 39m 56s

J2000

04h 50m 56s
-53° 27’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

261.27°
-39.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Pictoris (iota Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.42
Main-sequence

3.89
F4V
10125K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Pictoris is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Pictoris double sysyem:

6.42
7.22
0.8
12.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Pictoris is distant 104.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

32.07
104.55
10 km/s
-0.092 arcsec/y
0.081"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Pictoris
(iota Pictoris)
SAO233710
SAO233710

Visibility from Your Location

ι Pictoris (iota Pictoris) is currently not visible from Changfu, China