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TimezoneEurope/London
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ν Microscopii (nu Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.18°   Az: 133.22°   Direction: South-East

ν Microscopii is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Microscopium.

ν Microscopii visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, ν Microscopii 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 ν Microscopii (nu Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of ν Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Microscopii during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 35m 39s
-44° 25’ 39”
19h 21m 03s
15h 56m 42s

J2000

20h 33m 55s
-44° 30’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

356°
-36.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Microscopii (nu Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.11
Hypergiant

1.00
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ν Microscopii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Microscopii is distant 215.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

66.23
215.89
9 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Microscopii
(nu Microscopii)
SAO230276
SAO230276

Visibility from Your Location

ν Microscopii (nu Microscopii) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK