ι1 Fornacis (iota1 Fornacis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:38 | Tran: 2:36 | Set: 5:30

Alt: -26.25° Az: 105.90° Direction: East-South-East

ι1 Fornacis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Fornax.

ι1 Fornacis visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, ι1 Fornacis 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 ι1 Fornacis (iota1 Fornacis) star

DSS2 image of ι1 Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι1 Fornacis during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 37m 13s

Declination -29° 56’ 16”

Hour Angle 17h 37m 59s

Sideral Time 20h 15m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 36m 09s

Declination -30° 02’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 226.39°

Galactic Latitude -66.88°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ι1 Fornacis (iota1 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.75

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ι1 Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of ι1 Fornacis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι1 Fornacis is distant 649.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 199.20

Distance (light year) 649.40

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι1 Fornacis
(iota1 Fornacis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16307

SAO Catalogue SAO193795

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12122

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 958

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι1 Fornacis (iota1 Fornacis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.9° RISE 23:38

Max altitude: 8.6° TRANSIT 2:36

Azimuth: 240.1° SET 5:30

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax