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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:22 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:28
wb_twilight   (Civil Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

μ Telescopii (mu Telescopii)

Altitude: -16.6°   Azimuth: 178.9°   Direction: South

μ Telescopii is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Telescopium.

μ Telescopii visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, μ Telescopii should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of μ Telescopii is 0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of μ Telescopii (mu Telescopii) star
DSS2 image of μ Telescopii. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Telescopii during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about μ Telescopii

6.3
Main-sequence

μ Telescopii (mu Telescopii) is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -16.6°
Azimuth: 178.9°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of μ Telescopii

μ Telescopii is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of μ Telescopii are provided in the following table:

19h 30m 34s
-55° 06’ 35”
342.35°
-27.42°
Telescopium

The simplified sky map below shows the position of μ Telescopii in the sky:

Finder chart μ Telescopii (mu Telescopii) star
Simplified finder chart for μ Telescopii (mu Telescopii).

Visibility of μ Telescopii from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

μ Telescopii (mu Telescopii) is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Distance of μ Telescopii from the Sun and relative movement

μ Telescopii is distant 119.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

36.70 pc
119.63 ly
9 km/s
0.033 arcsec/year
-0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of μ Telescopii

μ Telescopii belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

3.48
F5V
6625K

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

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

Alternative designations of μ Telescopii

μ Telescopii
(mu Telescopii)
SAO246131
SAO246131