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TimezoneEurope/London
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μ1 Chamaeleontis (mu1 Chamaeleontis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -59.05°   Az: 177.95°   Direction: South

μ1 Chamaeleontis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Chamaeleon.

μ1 Chamaeleontis visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, μ1 Chamaeleontis 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 μ1 Chamaeleontis (mu1 Chamaeleontis) star
DSS2 image of μ1 Chamaeleontis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ1 Chamaeleontis during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 59m 57s
-82° 20’ 13”
12h 31m 40s
22h 31m 38s

J2000

10h 00m 43s
-82° 12’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

297.28°
-21.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ1 Chamaeleontis (mu1 Chamaeleontis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.52
Hypergiant

0.08
A0IV
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where μ1 Chamaeleontis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of μ1 Chamaeleontis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ1 Chamaeleontis is distant 399.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

122.40
399.02
16 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

μ1 Chamaeleontis
(mu1 Chamaeleontis)
SAO258554
SAO258554

Visibility from Your Location

μ1 Chamaeleontis (mu1 Chamaeleontis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK