λ1 Sculptoris (lambda1 Sculptoris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:21 | Tran: 7:48 | Set: 8:15

Alt: -65.24° Az: 290.27° Direction: West-North-West

λ1 Sculptoris is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

λ1 Sculptoris visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, λ1 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 λ1 Sculptoris (lambda1 Sculptoris) star

DSS2 image of λ1 Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of λ1 Sculptoris during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 43m 56s

Declination -38° 19’ 26”

Hour Angle 09h 59m 46s

Sidereal Time 10h 43m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 42m 42s

Declination -38° 27’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 311.54°

Galactic Latitude -78.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ1 Sculptoris (lambda1 Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.06

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.45

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where λ1 Sculptoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of λ1 Sculptoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

λ1 Sculptoris is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the λ1 Sculptoris double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.06

Secondary star magnitude 6.36

Magnitude difference 0.3

Separation 0.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ1 Sculptoris is distant 431.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 132.45

Distance (light year) 431.79

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation λ1 Sculptoris
(lambda1 Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4065

SAO Catalogue SAO192690

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3356

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-39 175

Visibility from Your Location

Today's λ1 Sculptoris (lambda1 Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3° RISE 7:21

Max altitude: 0.2° TRANSIT 7:48

Azimuth: 231.7° SET 8:15

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor