μ Fornacis (mu Fornacis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:23 | Tran: 9:10 | Set: 11:58

Alt: -60.60° Az: 55.65° Direction: South-South-West

μ Fornacis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Fornax.

μ Fornacis visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, μ Fornacis 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.

DSS2 image of μ Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Fornacis during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 14m 01s

Declination -30° 36’ 19”

Hour Angle 13h 52m 22s

Sidereal Time 16h 06m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 12m 54s

Declination -30° 43’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 229.19°

Galactic Latitude -71.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Fornacis (mu Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.28

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.24

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where μ Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Fornacis is distant 331.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 101.83

Distance (light year) 331.98

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation μ Fornacis
(mu Fornacis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13709

SAO Catalogue SAO193573

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10320

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-31 882

Gliese Catalogue Gl 89

FK5 Catalogue 78

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 120.6° RISE 6:23

Max altitude: 7.9° TRANSIT 9:10

Azimuth: 239.4° SET 11:58

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax