κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:27 | Tran: 17:11 | Set: 17:55

Alt: -11.58° Az: 166.43° Direction: South-South-East

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

Right Ascension 12h 06m 08s

Declination -76° 39’ 40”

Hour Angle 18h 20m 12s

Sidereal Time 06h 26m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 04m 46s

Declination -76° 31’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 300.15°

Galactic Latitude -13.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.04

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.61

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.49

Temperature 3809K

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

Distance (parsec) 135.14

Distance (light year) 440.54

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.082 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation κ Chamaeleontis
(kappa Chamaeleontis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD104902

SAO Catalogue SAO256899

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58905

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-75 777

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ Chamaeleontis (kappa Chamaeleontis) rise, transit and set times from Crane, Barbados are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Barbados):

Azimuth: 166.7° RISE 16:27

Max altitude: 0.2° TRANSIT 17:11

Azimuth: 193.3° SET 17:55

Name:	Crane, Barbados
Latitude:	13° 5' 60.0" N
Longitude:	59° 27' 0.0" W
Timezone:	America/Barbados

Set Location

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