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public  Plymouth, Montserrat Plymouth, Montserrat  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Montserrat
Sunrise: 5:41 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 18:45
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ω Fornacis (omega Fornacis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:31 | Tran: 7:52 | Set: 13:14
Alt: 36.63°   Az: 146.76°   Direction: South-South-East

ω Fornacis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Fornax.

ω Fornacis visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, ω Fornacis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ω Fornacis (omega Fornacis) star
DSS2 image of ω Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of ω Fornacis during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 34m 57s
-28° 07’ 17”
22h 00m 19s
00h 35m 17s

J2000

02h 33m 50s
-28° 13’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

221.7°
-67.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω Fornacis (omega Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.9
Main-sequence

-0.82
B9V
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ω Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Star System Properties

ω Fornacis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ω Fornacis double sysyem:

4.9
7.7
2.8
10.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω Fornacis is distant 453.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

139.08
453.41
10 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

ω Fornacis
(omega Fornacis)
SAO167882
SAO167882

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ω Fornacis (omega Fornacis) rise, transit and set times from Plymouth, Montserrat are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Montserrat):

Azimuth: 118.1°
Max altitude: 45.2°
Azimuth: 241.9°