ι Telescopii (iota Telescopii)

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:59 | Tran: 3:03 | Set: 4:06

Alt: -34.23° Az: 233.08° Direction: South

ι Telescopii is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Telescopium.

ι Telescopii visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Telescopii 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 Telescopii (iota Telescopii) star

DSS2 image of ι Telescopii. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Telescopii during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 37m 05s

Declination -48° 02’ 29”

Hour Angle 06h 34m 41s

Sidereal Time 02h 11m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 35m 12s

Declination -48° 05’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 350.25°

Galactic Latitude -26.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Telescopii (iota Telescopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.9

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.53

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.09

Temperature 4537K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Telescopii is distant 398.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 122.10

Distance (light year) 398.05

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Telescopii
(iota Telescopii)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD184127

SAO Catalogue SAO229751

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP96341

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-4813161

FK5 Catalogue 735

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Telescopii (iota Telescopii) rise, transit and set times from Louisville, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 138.0° RISE 1:59

Max altitude: 1.1° TRANSIT 3:03

Azimuth: 222.0° SET 4:06

Name:	Louisville, United States
Latitude:	40° 50' 14.3" N
Longitude:	81° 15' 34.6" W
Timezone:	America/New_York

Set Location

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