ι2 Fornacis (iota2 Fornacis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:30 | Tran: 2:26 | Set: 5:18

Alt: -22.62° Az: 110.40° Direction: East-South-East

ι2 Fornacis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Fornax.

ι2 Fornacis visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, ι2 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 ι2 Fornacis (iota2 Fornacis) star

DSS2 image of ι2 Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι2 Fornacis during the next 1000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.28 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 39m 22s

Declination -30° 05’ 17”

Hour Angle 18h 03m 13s

Sideral Time 20h 42m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 38m 18s

Declination -30° 11’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 226.75°

Galactic Latitude -66.41°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ι2 Fornacis (iota2 Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.83

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.07

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.48

Temperature 6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ι2 Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of ι2 Fornacis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι2 Fornacis is distant 116.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 35.73

Distance (light year) 116.47

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.1 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι2 Fornacis
(iota2 Fornacis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16538

SAO Catalogue SAO193829

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12288

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 973

FK5 Catalogue 2183

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι2 Fornacis (iota2 Fornacis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.1° RISE 23:30

Max altitude: 8.4° TRANSIT 2:26

Azimuth: 239.9° SET 5:18

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax