ο Gruis (omicron Gruis)

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -48.60° Az: 239.77° 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.

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

Right Ascension 23h 27m 58s

Declination -52° 35’ 06”

Hour Angle 07h 19m 33s

Sideral Time 06h 47m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 26m 36s

Declination -52° 43’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 328.86°

Galactic Latitude -59.92°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ο Gruis (omicron Gruis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.52

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.00

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

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

Distance (parsec) 31.97

Distance (light year) 104.22

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.038 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.123"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ο Gruis
(omicron Gruis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220729

SAO Catalogue SAO247874

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115713

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-5310461

FK5 Catalogue 883

Visibility from Your Location

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

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