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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:19
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κ Reticuli (kappa Reticuli)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -32.48°   Az: 206.62°   Direction: South-West

κ Reticuli is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Reticulum.

κ Reticuli visual magnitude is 4.72. Because of its moderate brightness, κ Reticuli 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 Reticuli (kappa Reticuli) star
DSS2 image of κ Reticuli. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Reticuli during the next 1000 years (6.38 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 29m 48s
-62° 51’ 03”
03h 43m 41s
07h 13m 30s

J2000

03h 29m 22s
-62° 56’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

278.36°
-45.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Reticuli (kappa Reticuli).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.72
Sub-giant

3.06
F5IV
6880K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ Reticuli is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the κ Reticuli double sysyem:

4.72
10.72
6
60 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Reticuli is distant 69.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

21.44
69.88
12 km/s
0.383 arcsec/y
0.372"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Reticuli
(kappa Reticuli)
SAO248819
SAO248819
Gl 143.2A

Visibility from Your Location

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