θ Sculptoris (theta Sculptoris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:23 | Tran: 0:16 | Set: 2:13

Alt: -37.68° Az: 258.85° Direction: West

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

Right Ascension 00h 12m 58s

Declination -34° 59’ 43”

Hour Angle 07h 14m 17s

Sideral Time 07h 27m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 11m 44s

Declination -35° 07’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 347.16°

Galactic Latitude -78.34°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for θ Sculptoris (theta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.25

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.56

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.44

Temperature 6674K

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

Distance (parsec) 21.81

Distance (light year) 71.10

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.173 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.119"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation θ Sculptoris
(theta Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD739

SAO Catalogue SAO192388

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP950

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 42

Gliese Catalogue NN 3013

FK5 Catalogue 6

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 125.0° RISE 22:23

Max altitude: 3.5° TRANSIT 0:16

Azimuth: 235.0° SET 2:13

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor