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TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:25 
Transit: 11:49 
Sunset: 18:13
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ι Telescopii (iota Telescopii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:59 | Tran: 23:57 | Set: 4:55
Alt: -26.85°   Az: 137.51°   Direction: South-East

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

19h 37m 06s
-48° 02’ 28”
16h 17m 20s
11h 54m 26s

J2000

19h 35m 12s
-48° 05’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

350.25°
-26.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Telescopii (iota Telescopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.9
Hypergiant

-0.53
K0III
4537K

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

HR 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.

122.10
398.05
22 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Telescopii
(iota Telescopii)
SAO229751
SAO229751

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Telescopii (iota Telescopii) rise, transit and set times from Rapu-Rapu, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 138.0°
Max altitude: 28.8°
Azimuth: 222.0°