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ι1 Muscae (iota1 Muscae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -37.42°   Az: 187.31°   Direction: South

ι1 Muscae is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Musca.

ι1 Muscae visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its faintness, ι1 Muscae 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 Muscae (iota1 Muscae) star
DSS2 image of ι1 Muscae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι1 Muscae during the next 1000 years (-1.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 27m 11s
-75° 01’ 09”
01h 32m 04s
14h 59m 16s

J2000

13h 25m 07s
-74° 53’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

305.17°
-12.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι1 Muscae (iota1 Muscae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.05
Hypergiant

0.86
K0III
4493K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι1 Muscae is distant 224.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

68.92
224.67
28 km/s
-0.115 arcsec/y
-0.13"/y

Alternative Designations

ι1 Muscae
(iota1 Muscae)
SAO257041
SAO257041

Visibility from Your Location

ι1 Muscae (iota1 Muscae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK