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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
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Transit: 12:59 
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κ Mensae (kappa Mensae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -27.59°   Az: 191.98°   Direction: South-South-West

κ Mensae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Mensa.

κ Mensae visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, κ Mensae 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 Mensae (kappa Mensae) star
DSS2 image of κ Mensae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Mensae during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 48m 33s
-79° 21’ 17”
05h 39m 49s
11h 28m 23s

J2000

05h 50m 16s
-79° 21’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

291.13°
-29.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Mensae (kappa Mensae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.47
Main-sequence

0.88
B9V
11247K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Mensae is distant 270.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

82.92
270.32
10 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
0.066"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Mensae
(kappa Mensae)
SAO256248
SAO256248

Visibility from Your Location

κ Mensae (kappa Mensae) is currently not visible from Baisha, China