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θ Normae (theta Normae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -56.52°   Az: 104.14°   Direction: South-South-West

θ Normae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Norma.

θ Normae visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, θ Normae 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 θ Normae (theta Normae) star
DSS2 image of θ Normae. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Normae during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 17m 06s
-47° 26’ 03”
15h 29m 01s
07h 46m 08s

J2000

16h 15m 15s
-47° 22’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

334.7°
2.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Normae (theta Normae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Main-sequence

0.36
B8V
12103K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Normae is distant 294.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

90.42
294.76
1 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Normae
(theta Normae)
SAO226600
SAO226600

Visibility from Your Location

θ Normae (theta Normae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK