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TimezoneEurope/Athens
Sunrise: 6:09 
Transit: 13:38 
Sunset: 21:06
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ι Sculptoris (iota Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:03 | Tran: 7:10 | Set: 11:18
Alt: 19.64°   Az: 192.96°   Direction: South-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

00h 22m 47s
-28° 50’ 25”
00h 55m 48s
01h 18m 36s

J2000

00h 21m 31s
-28° 58’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

15.52°
-83.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Sculptoris (iota Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Giant

0.29
G5III
4743K

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

HR 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.

95.24
310.48
21 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Sculptoris
(iota Sculptoris)
SAO166207
SAO166207

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 118.8°
Max altitude: 20.8°
Azimuth: 241.2°