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TimezoneEurope/London
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μ Horologii (mu Horologii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -41.81°   Az: 222.68°   Direction: South

μ Horologii is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Horologium.

μ Horologii visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, μ Horologii 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 μ Horologii (mu Horologii) star
DSS2 image of μ Horologii. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Horologii during the next 10000 years (-12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 04m 13s
-59° 38’ 21”
05h 53m 50s
08h 58m 03s

J2000

03h 03m 36s
-59° 44’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

277.43°
-50.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Horologii (mu Horologii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.11
Hypergiant

1.98
F0IV
7217K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Horologii is distant 137.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

42.25
137.73
17 km/s
-0.073 arcsec/y
-0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Horologii
(mu Horologii)
SAO232981
SAO232981

Visibility from Your Location

μ Horologii (mu Horologii) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK