Star profile

Iota 1 Fornax

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is Iota 1 Fornax

Iota-1 Fornacis is a yellow star in the Furnace, the faint constellation invented by Lacaille in honour of the chemists' furnace of the eighteenth century. It shines at 582 light years away, with a spectral type close to the solar one, though far more luminous because of its evolved stage. Its light set out around the year 1440, when Gutenberg was beginning to shape the printing press with movable type in Mainz.

Where it is and when to see it

Iota 1 Fornax lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 8° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 19° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 60° N.

It ranks no. 16 in brightness among the 26 stars of Fornax in our catalogue. To find it, start from Dalim, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 580 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Iota 1 Fornax

Constellation: Fornax
Apparent magnitude: 5.74
Distance: 582.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 39.039° · Dec -30.045°
Catalogue: HIP 12122 · HD 16307

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Other stars in Fornax

Fornax has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 26 stars in Fornax