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κ2 Sculptoris (kappa2 Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:16 | Tran: 1:34 | Set: 4:49
Alt: 8.66°   Az: 160.99°   Direction: South-South-East

κ2 Sculptoris is a double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Sculptor.

κ2 Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, κ2 Sculptoris 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 κ2 Sculptoris (kappa2 Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of κ2 Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of κ2 Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 12m 49s
-27° 39’ 44”
22h 34m 42s
22h 47m 31s

J2000

00h 11m 34s
-27° 47’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

26.3°
-81.13°

Finder Chart

Finder chart κ2 Sculptoris (kappa2 Sculptoris) star
Simplified finder chart for κ2 Sculptoris (kappa2 Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.41
Giant

-0.85
K5III
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where κ2 Sculptoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of κ2 Sculptoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

κ2 Sculptoris 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 κ2 Sculptoris double sysyem:

5.41
19.21
13.8
46 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ2 Sculptoris is distant 581.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

178.25
581.11
-6 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

κ2 Sculptoris
(kappa2 Sculptoris)
SAO166103
SAO166103

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ2 Sculptoris (kappa2 Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.7°
Max altitude: 10.9°
Azimuth: 242.3°