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public  Afántou, Grecia Afántou, Grecia  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Athens
Sunrise: 5:58 
Transit: 13:12 
Sunset: 20:26
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θ Sculptoris (theta Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:16 | Tran: 6:15 | Set: 10:10
Alt: 3.46°   Az: 139.22°   Direction: South-East

θ Sculptoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Sculptor.

θ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, θ 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 θ Sculptoris (theta Sculptoris) star
DSS2 image of θ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Sculptoris during the next 1000 years (2.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 13m 01s
-34° 59’ 28”
20h 29m 03s
20h 42m 04s

J2000

00h 11m 44s
-35° 07’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

347.16°
-78.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Sculptoris (theta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Main-sequence

3.56
F4V
6674K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Sculptoris is distant 71.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

21.81
71.10
-2 km/s
0.173 arcsec/y
0.119"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Sculptoris
(theta Sculptoris)
SAO192388
SAO192388

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Sculptoris (theta Sculptoris) rise, transit and set times from Afántou, Grecia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Athens):

Azimuth: 125.0°
Max altitude: 18.7°
Azimuth: 235.0°