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λ2 Sculptoris (lambda2 Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:24 | Tran: 14:54 | Set: 15:23
Alt: 0.23°   Az: 181.18°   Direction: South

λ2 Sculptoris is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Sculptor.

λ2 Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, λ2 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 λ2 Sculptoris (lambda2 Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of λ2 Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of λ2 Sculptoris during the next 1000 years (4.07 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.88 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 45m 24s
-38° 17’ 03”
00h 06m 01s
00h 51m 25s

J2000

00h 44m 12s
-38° 25’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

310.14°
-78.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ2 Sculptoris (lambda2 Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Giant

0.61
K1III
4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where λ2 Sculptoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of λ2 Sculptoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ2 Sculptoris is distant 372.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

114.16
372.15
27 km/s
0.244 arcsec/y
0.113"/y

Alternative Designations

λ2 Sculptoris
(lambda2 Sculptoris)
SAO192703
SAO192703

Visibility from Your Location

Today's λ2 Sculptoris (lambda2 Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3°
Max altitude: 0.2°
Azimuth: 231.7°