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TimezoneEurope/London
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κ Gruis (kappa Gruis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -16.23°   Az: 169.85°   Direction: South

κ Gruis is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Grus.

κ Gruis visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, κ Gruis 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 Gruis (kappa Gruis) star
DSS2 image of κ Gruis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Gruis during the next 1000 years (0.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.70 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 06m 08s
-53° 49’ 39”
22h 53m 21s
21h 59m 29s

J2000

23h 04m 39s
-53° 57’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

331.77°
-56.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Gruis (kappa Gruis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.37
Giant

-0.02
K5III
3870K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Gruis is distant 389.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

119.62
389.95
18 km/s
0.055 arcsec/y
-0.102"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Gruis
(kappa Gruis)
SAO247711
SAO247711

Visibility from Your Location

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