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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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ζ Fornacis (zeta Fornacis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:41 | Tran: 12:15 | Set: 15:49
Alt: -60.65°   Az: 32.79°   Direction: North-North-East

ζ Fornacis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Fornax.

ζ Fornacis visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, ζ Fornacis 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 ζ Fornacis (zeta Fornacis) star
DSS2 image of ζ Fornacis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Fornacis during the next 1000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 00m 42s
-25° 10’ 27”
13h 08m 13s
16h 08m 56s

J2000

02h 59m 36s
-25° 16’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

216.57°
-61.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Fornacis (zeta Fornacis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Main-sequence

3.16
F2V
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ζ Fornacis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Fornacis is distant 105.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

32.34
105.43
21 km/s
0.18 arcsec/y
0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Fornacis
(zeta Fornacis)
SAO168209
SAO168209

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 115.2°
Max altitude: 13.3°
Azimuth: 244.8°