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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:41 
Transit: 13:09 
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ψ Fornacis (psi Fornacis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -10.86°   Az: 216.32°   Direction: South-West

ψ Fornacis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Fornax.

ψ Fornacis visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, ψ Fornacis 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 ψ Fornacis (psi Fornacis) star
DSS2 image of ψ Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Fornacis during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 54m 34s
-38° 20’ 02”
03h 11m 25s
06h 06m 00s

J2000

02h 53m 34s
-38° 26’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

244.62°
-62.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Fornacis (psi Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Sub-giant

2.05
F6IV
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ψ Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Fornacis is distant 193.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

59.42
193.70
21 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Fornacis
(psi Fornacis)
SAO193965
SAO193965

Visibility from Your Location

ψ Fornacis (psi Fornacis) is currently not visible from Ferrybridge, United Kingdom