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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 13:05 
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κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -64.75°   Az: 182.60°   Direction: South

κ Chamaeleontis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Chamaeleon.

κ Chamaeleontis visual magnitude is 5.04. Because of its faintness, κ Chamaeleontis 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 κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis) star
DSS2 image of κ Chamaeleontis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Chamaeleontis during the next 10000 years (-13.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 06m 08s
-76° 39’ 40”
11h 40m 46s
23h 46m 54s

J2000

12h 04m 46s
-76° 31’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

300.15°
-13.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.04
Giant

-0.61
K4III
3809K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where κ Chamaeleontis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Chamaeleontis is distant 440.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

135.14
440.54
-2 km/s
-0.082 arcsec/y
0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Chamaeleontis
(kappa Chamaeleontis)
SAO256899
SAO256899

Visibility from Your Location

κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK