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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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μ Sculptoris (mu Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:12 | Tran: 8:45 | Set: 11:18
Alt: 6.28°   Az: 173.08°   Direction: South

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

μ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, μ 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 μ Sculptoris (mu Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of μ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (-14.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 41m 57s
-31° 55’ 55”
23h 27m 33s
23h 09m 31s

J2000

23h 40m 38s
-32° 04’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

10.86°
-73.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Sculptoris (mu Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
Giant

0.56
K1III
4816K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Sculptoris is distant 290.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

89.13
290.55
14 km/s
-0.089 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Sculptoris
(mu Sculptoris)
SAO214701
SAO214701

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 121.9°
Max altitude: 6.6°
Azimuth: 238.1°