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TimezoneAmerica/Santo_Domingo
Sunrise: 6:03 
Transit: 12:39 
Sunset: 19:14
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π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:25 | Tran: 7:35 | Set: 12:44
Alt: -71.36°   Az: 139.52°   Direction: South-East

π Sculptoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

π Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, π Sculptoris 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 π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of π Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of π Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (-10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 43m 17s
-32° 11’ 56”
12h 56m 47s
14h 40m 04s

J2000

01h 42m 08s
-32° 19’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

241.27°
-77.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Hypergiant

1.13
K0III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where π Sculptoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Sculptoris is distant 217.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

66.58
217.04
10 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

π Sculptoris
(pi Sculptoris)
SAO193263
SAO193263

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Salvaleón de Higüey, Repubblica Dominicana are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Santo_Domingo):

Azimuth: 122.2°
Max altitude: 39.2°
Azimuth: 237.8°