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Other stars in Reticulum
ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli)
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -65.89°
Az: 129.13°
Direction: South-East
ι Reticuli is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Reticulum.
ι Reticuli visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Reticuli 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 Reticuli. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Reticuli during the next
1000 years (1.12 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.53 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli).
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where ι Reticuli is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of ι Reticuli.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
ι Reticuli is distant 330.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 61 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK