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ι1 Fornacis (iota1 Fornacis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:00 | Tran: 9:53 | Set: 12:47
Alt: -59.54°   Az: 56.25°   Direction: North-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

02h 37m 15s
-29° 56’ 05”
13h 56m 24s
16h 33m 39s

J2000

02h 36m 09s
-30° 02’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

226.39°
-66.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι1 Fornacis (iota1 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Giant

-0.75
G8III
4695K

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

HR 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.

199.20
649.40
2 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ι1 Fornacis
(iota1 Fornacis)
SAO193795
SAO193795

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°
Max altitude: 8.6°
Azimuth: 240.1°