ι Sculptoris (iota Sculptoris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:27 | Tran: 7:31 | Set: 10:35

Alt: -2.04° Az: 223.09° Direction: South-West

ι Sculptoris is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Sculptor.

ι Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, ι Sculptoris 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 Sculptoris (iota Sculptoris) star

DSS2 image of ι Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 22m 47s

Declination -28° 50’ 26”

Hour Angle 03h 24m 50s

Sidereal Time 03h 47m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 21m 31s

Declination -28° 58’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 15.52°

Galactic Latitude -83.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Sculptoris (iota Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.18

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.29

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 1

Temperature 4743K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Sculptoris is distant 310.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 95.24

Distance (light year) 310.48

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.04 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Sculptoris
(iota Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD1737

SAO Catalogue SAO166207

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP1708

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-29 86

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Sculptoris (iota Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.8° RISE 4:27

Max altitude: 9.7° TRANSIT 7:31

Azimuth: 241.2° SET 10:35

Set Location

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