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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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ξ Columbae (xi Columbae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:06 | Tran: 15:18 | Set: 16:30
Alt: 0.63°   Az: 190.65°   Direction: South

ξ Columbae is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Columba.

ξ Columbae visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ Columbae 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 ξ Columbae (xi Columbae) star
DSS2 image of ξ Columbae. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Columbae during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 56m 22s
-37° 07’ 05”
00h 53m 36s
06h 49m 58s

J2000

05h 55m 29s
-37° 07’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

243.07°
-26.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Columbae (xi Columbae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.97
Giant

-0.05
K1III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ξ Columbae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Columbae is distant 328.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 60 kilometers per second.

100.70
328.30
60 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Columbae
(xi Columbae)
SAO196316
SAO196316

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 127.1°
Max altitude: 1.4°
Azimuth: 232.9°