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ζ Sculptoris (zeta Sculptoris)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:27 | Tran: 14:24 | Set: 17:21
Alt: 2.18°   Az: 147.26°   Direction: South-South-East

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

00h 03m 36s
-29° 34’ 49”
21h 26m 19s
21h 29m 56s

J2000

00h 02m 19s
-29° 43’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

16.55°
-78.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Sculptoris (zeta Sculptoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Giant

-0.96
B4III
12489K

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

HR 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:

5.01
13.01
8
3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Sculptoris is distant 509.38 light years from the Sun

156.25
509.38
0.019 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Sculptoris
(zeta Sculptoris)

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°
Max altitude: 8.9°
Azimuth: 240.4°