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public  Borgo Val di Taro, Italy Borgo Val di Taro, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:49 
Transit: 13:26 
Sunset: 21:03
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κ Columbae (kappa Columbae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:08 | Tran: 12:12 | Set: 15:16
Alt: -24.38°   Az: 116.16°   Direction: East-South-East

κ Columbae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Columba.

κ Columbae visual magnitude is 4.37. Because of its moderate brightness, κ Columbae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of κ Columbae (kappa Columbae) star
DSS2 image of κ Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Columbae during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 17m 27s
-35° 09’ 03”
17h 56m 21s
00h 13m 48s

J2000

06h 16m 33s
-35° 08’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

242.35°
-21.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Columbae (kappa Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.37
Hypergiant

0.63
K0III
4743K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Columbae is distant 182.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

56.09
182.84
24 km/s
0.086"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Columbae
(kappa Columbae)
SAO196643
SAO196643

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ Columbae (kappa Columbae) rise, transit and set times from Borgo Val di Taro, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 125.2°
Max altitude: 10.4°
Azimuth: 234.8°