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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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ι Delphini (iota Delphini)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:57 | Tran: 1:58 | Set: 8:55
Alt: -20.94°   Az: 325.35°   Direction: North-West

ι Delphini is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Delphinus.

ι Delphini visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, ι Delphini 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 ι Delphini (iota Delphini) star
DSS2 image of ι Delphini. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Delphini during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 39m 02s
+11° 28’ 06”
09h 48m 47s
06h 27m 49s

J2000

20h 37m 49s
+11° 22’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

56.13°
-17.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Delphini (iota Delphini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.43
Main-sequence

1.75
A2V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ι Delphini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Delphini is distant 177.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

54.35
177.17
-4 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Delphini
(iota Delphini)
SAO106322
SAO106322

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 78.5°
Max altitude: 50.0°
Azimuth: 281.5°