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λ Telescopii (lambda Telescopii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -14.73°   Az: 186.31°   Direction: South

λ Telescopii is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Telescopium.

λ Telescopii visual magnitude is 4.87. Because of its moderate brightness, λ Telescopii 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 Telescopii (lambda Telescopii) star
DSS2 image of λ Telescopii. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Telescopii during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 00m 29s
-52° 54’ 08”
00h 40m 34s
19h 41m 03s

J2000

18h 58m 27s
-52° 56’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

343.57°
-22.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Telescopii (lambda Telescopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.87
Hypergiant

-1.19
A0V
10795K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Telescopii is distant 530.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

162.87
530.94
-2 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Telescopii
(lambda Telescopii)
SAO245834
SAO245834

Visibility from Your Location

λ Telescopii (lambda Telescopii) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK