Star profile

Lambda 2 Sculptor

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Lambda 2 Sculptor

Lambda-2 Sculptoris is an orange giant 339 light-years away, set within the red clump of the stellar diagram: that brief stage when helium fuses at the core of evolved stars. Twelve times the Sun's radius, fifty-seven times its light, with a surface near 4,500 kelvin. Its proper motion stands out: it advances more than a quarter of an arcsecond a year, slowly accumulating the trail of its passage through the galaxy.

Where it is and when to see it

Lambda 2 Sculptor lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 85° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 52° N.

It ranks no. 28 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Lambda 2 Sculptor

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.90
Distance: 338.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 11.050° · Dec -38.422°
Catalogue: HIP 3456 · HD 4211

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Other stars in Sculptor

Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Sculptor