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public  Demba, Congo (Kinshasa) Demba, Congo (Kinshasa)  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lubumbashi
Sunrise: 6:39 
Transit: 12:32 
Sunset: 18:26
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π1 Columbae (pi1 Columbae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:16 | Tran: 12:34 | Set: 18:52
Alt: 45.65°   Az: 150.32°   Direction: South

π1 Columbae is a star of spectral class A in the constellation of Columba.

π1 Columbae visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, π1 Columbae 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 π1 Columbae (pi1 Columbae) star
DSS2 image of π1 Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of π1 Columbae during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 07m 28s
-42° 18’ 10”
22h 08m 22s
04h 15m 51s

J2000

06h 06m 41s
-42° 17’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

249.26°
-25.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π1 Columbae (pi1 Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
π1 Columbae is also a so called metallic star.

1.15
A
7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where π1 Columbae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of π1 Columbae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π1 Columbae is distant 321.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

98.72
321.82
2 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

π1 Columbae
(pi1 Columbae)
SAO217720
SAO217720

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π1 Columbae (pi1 Columbae) rise, transit and set times from Demba, Congo (Kinshasa) are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lubumbashi):

Azimuth: 132.3°
Max altitude: 53.2°
Azimuth: 227.7°