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TimezoneEurope/Vienna
Sunrise: 4:53 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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ψ Octantis (psi Octantis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -56.69°   Az: 163.96°   Direction: South

ψ Octantis is a giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Octans.

ψ Octantis visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, ψ Octantis 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 Octantis (psi Octantis) star
DSS2 image of ψ Octantis. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Octantis during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 20m 14s
-77° 23’ 00”
14h 56m 00s
13h 16m 14s

J2000

22h 17m 50s
-77° 30’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

312.56°
-36.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Octantis (psi Octantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Giant

2.58
F3III
7399K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Octantis is distant 125.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

38.46
125.38
17 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Octantis
(psi Octantis)
SAO258020
SAO258020

Visibility from Your Location

ψ Octantis (psi Octantis) is currently not visible from Asparn an der Zaya, Austria