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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:18 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:11
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τ Sculptoris (tau Sculptoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:06 | Tran: 16:01 | Set: 18:56
Alt: -55.08°   Az: 66.03°   Direction: East-North-East

τ Sculptoris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Sculptor.

τ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, τ 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 τ Sculptoris (tau Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of τ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of τ Sculptoris during the next 1000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 37m 17s
-29° 46’ 47”
14h 28m 14s
16h 05m 32s

J2000

01h 36m 08s
-29° 54’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

231.37°
-79.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for τ Sculptoris (tau Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Main-sequence

1.73
F2V
7276K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

5.69
6.79
1.1
0.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ Sculptoris is distant 202.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

62.00
202.11
5 km/s
0.1 arcsec/y
0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

τ Sculptoris
(tau Sculptoris)
SAO193201
SAO193201

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 119.8°
Max altitude: 8.7°
Azimuth: 240.2°