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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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σ Columbae (sigma Columbae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:24 | Tran: 15:03 | Set: 17:42
Alt: -31.35°   Az: 102.35°   Direction: East-South-East

σ Columbae is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Columba.

σ Columbae visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, σ 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 σ Columbae (sigma Columbae) star
DSS2 image of σ Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of σ Columbae during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 57m 18s
-31° 22’ 49”
17h 11m 00s
23h 08m 18s

J2000

05h 56m 20s
-31° 22’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

237.03°
-24.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for σ Columbae (sigma Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Giant

-2.76
F2III
10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

σ Columbae is distant 1,461.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

448.43
1,461.88
19 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

σ Columbae
(sigma Columbae)
SAO196330
SAO196330

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 121.4°
Max altitude: 7.1°
Azimuth: 238.6°