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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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λ Columbae (lambda Columbae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:01 | Tran: 15:11 | Set: 17:22
Alt: -15.14°   Az: 234.17°   Direction: South-West

λ Columbae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Columba.

λ Columbae visual magnitude is 4.87. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Columbae (lambda Columbae) star
DSS2 image of λ Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Columbae during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 54m 02s
-33° 47’ 50”
04h 41m 24s
10h 35m 26s

J2000

05h 53m 06s
-33° 48’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

239.36°
-26.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Columbae (lambda Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.87
Main-sequence

-0.23
B5V
12489K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Columbae is distant 341.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

104.71
341.36
30 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Columbae
(lambda Columbae)
SAO196276
SAO196276

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 123.8°
Max altitude: 4.7°
Azimuth: 236.2°