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π2 Columbae (pi2 Columbae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.07°   Az: 129.51°   Direction: South-East

π2 Columbae is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Columba.

π2 Columbae visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, π2 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 π2 Columbae (pi2 Columbae) star
DSS2 image of π2 Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of π2 Columbae during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 08m 39s
-42° 09’ 32”
19h 07m 04s
01h 15m 44s

J2000

06h 07m 52s
-42° 09’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

249.16°
-25.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π2 Columbae (pi2 Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Hypergiant

0.98
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where π2 Columbae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of π2 Columbae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

π2 Columbae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the π2 Columbae double sysyem:

5.5
5.6
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π2 Columbae is distant 261.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

80.13
261.22
31 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

π2 Columbae
(pi2 Columbae)
SAO217730
SAO217730

Visibility from Your Location

π2 Columbae (pi2 Columbae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK