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Transit: 12:30 
Sunset: 19:04
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θ Doradus (theta Doradus)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:58 | Tran: 10:32 | Set: 13:05
Alt: -34.02°   Az: 198.50°   Direction: South-South-West

θ Doradus is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Dorado.

θ Doradus visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, θ Doradus is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of θ Doradus (theta Doradus) star
DSS2 image of θ Doradus. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Doradus during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 13m 44s
-67° 09’ 24”
09h 09m 24s
14h 23m 08s

J2000

05h 13m 45s
-67° 11’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

277.64°
-34.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Doradus (theta Doradus).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Giant

-1.29
K2III
4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where θ Doradus is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Doradus is distant 546.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

167.50
546.06
11 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Doradus
(theta Doradus)
SAO249225
SAO249225

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Doradus (theta Doradus) rise, transit and set times from Orocovis, Puerto Rico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Puerto_Rico):

Azimuth: 157.2°
Max altitude: 4.6°
Azimuth: 202.8°