ζ Sculptoris (zeta Sculptoris)

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:59 | Tran: 6:56 | Set: 9:54

Alt: -30.48° Az: 259.61° Direction: South-West

ζ Sculptoris is a double giant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Sculptor.

ζ Sculptoris visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, ζ 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 ζ Sculptoris (zeta Sculptoris) star

DSS2 image of ζ Sculptoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Sculptoris during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 03m 37s

Declination -29° 34’ 42”

Hour Angle 06h 51m 37s

Sidereal Time 06h 55m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 02m 19s

Declination -29° 43’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 16.55°

Galactic Latitude -78.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Sculptoris (zeta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.01

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.96

Spectral Type B4III

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Sculptoris is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ζ Sculptoris double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.01

Secondary star magnitude 13.01

Magnitude difference 8

Separation 3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Sculptoris is distant 509.38 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 156.25

Distance (light year) 509.38

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ζ Sculptoris
(zeta Sculptoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD224990

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP183

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3019790

FK5 Catalogue 3932

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 119.6° RISE 3:59

Max altitude: 8.9° TRANSIT 6:56

Azimuth: 240.4° SET 9:54

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor