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ζ Microscopii (zeta Microscopii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -2.29°   Az: 198.04°   Direction: South-South-West

ζ Microscopii is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Microscopium.

ζ Microscopii visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, ζ Microscopii 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 Microscopii (zeta Microscopii) star
DSS2 image of ζ Microscopii. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Microscopii during the next 1000 years (-0.47 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 04m 34s
-38° 31’ 48”
01h 33m 11s
22h 37m 45s

J2000

21h 02m 57s
-38° 37’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

4.03°
-41.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Microscopii (zeta Microscopii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.3
Main-sequence

2.56
F3V
6827K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Microscopii is distant 115.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

35.31
115.11
5 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
-0.111"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Microscopii
(zeta Microscopii)
SAO212666
SAO212666

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Microscopii (zeta Microscopii) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK