π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris)

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:16 | Tran: 10:46 | Set: 13:16

Alt: 0.30° Az: 210.43° Direction: South-South-West

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

Right Ascension 01h 43m 17s

Declination -32° 11’ 58”

Hour Angle 02h 27m 02s

Sidereal Time 04h 10m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 42m 08s

Declination -32° 19’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 241.27°

Galactic Latitude -77.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.25

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.13

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

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

Distance (parsec) 66.58

Distance (light year) 217.04

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.065 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation π Sculptoris
(pi Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD10537

SAO Catalogue SAO193263

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7955

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 666

FK5 Catalogue 1048

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π Sculptoris (pi Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.2° RISE 8:16

Max altitude: 6.3° TRANSIT 10:46

Azimuth: 237.8° SET 13:16

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor