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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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σ Sculptoris (sigma Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:35 | Tran: 10:14 | Set: 12:53
Alt: -20.93°   Az: 245.44°   Direction: West-South-West

σ Sculptoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Sculptor.

σ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, σ Sculptoris 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 Sculptoris (sigma Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of σ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of σ Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (13.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 03m 38s
-31° 24’ 57”
05h 38m 07s
06h 41m 46s

J2000

01h 02m 26s
-31° 33’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

275.15°
-84.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for σ Sculptoris (sigma Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Main-sequence

1.29
A2V
9226K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

σ Sculptoris is distant 226.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

69.49
226.55
-8 km/s
0.082 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

σ Sculptoris
(sigma Sculptoris)
SAO192884
SAO192884

Visibility from Your Location

Today's σ Sculptoris (sigma Sculptoris) 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°