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ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -6.83°   Az: 161.78°   Direction: South

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.

Image of ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli) star
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

04h 01m 43s
-61° 00’ 31”
21h 20m 38s
01h 22m 21s

J2000

04h 01m 18s
-61° 04’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

273.44°
-43.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.97
Giant

-0.06
K4III
3918K

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

HR 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.

101.52
330.96
61 km/s
0.067 arcsec/y
0.092"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Reticuli
(iota Reticuli)
SAO248927
SAO248927

Visibility from Your Location

ι Reticuli (iota Reticuli) is currently not visible from Laguna Beach, United States