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TimezoneEurope/London
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ο Gruis (omicron Gruis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -55.81°   Az: 245.15°   Direction: West-South-West

ο Gruis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Grus.

ο Gruis visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, ο Gruis 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 ο Gruis (omicron Gruis) star
DSS2 image of ο Gruis. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Gruis during the next 1000 years (0.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 28m 00s
-52° 34’ 54”
08h 11m 44s
07h 39m 45s

J2000

23h 26m 36s
-52° 43’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

328.86°
-59.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Gruis (omicron Gruis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.52
Main-sequence

3.00
F4V
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ο Gruis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Gruis is distant 104.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

31.97
104.22
18 km/s
0.038 arcsec/y
0.123"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Gruis
(omicron Gruis)
SAO247874
SAO247874

Visibility from Your Location

ο Gruis (omicron Gruis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK