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TimezoneEurope/Vienna
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 20:56
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υ Octantis (upsilon Octantis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -51.15°   Az: 176.33°   Direction: South-South-West

υ Octantis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Octans.

υ Octantis visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, υ Octantis 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 υ Octantis (upsilon Octantis) star
DSS2 image of υ Octantis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Octantis during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 35m 50s
-85° 50’ 07”
14h 14m 15s
12h 50m 06s

J2000

22h 31m 37s
-85° 58’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

305.61°
-30.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Octantis (upsilon Octantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Hypergiant

0.74
K0III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where υ Octantis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Octantis is distant 329.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

101.21
329.96
19 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Octantis
(upsilon Octantis)
SAO258932
SAO258932

Visibility from Your Location

υ Octantis (upsilon Octantis) is currently not visible from Breitenau, Austria