Star profile

Kappa 1 Sculptor

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Kappa 1 Sculptor

Kappa-1 Sculptoris is a yellow-white F-type star in the Sculptor, a faint constellation traced by Lacaille near the south galactic pole. About 253 light-years away, its modest brightness sits in a part of the sky where even the Milky Way’s own glow scarcely interferes with observation: through this window astronomers lean their telescopes toward the deep universe and discover, behind the thin stellar veil, some of the galaxy groups closest to the Solar System, including the very Sculptor group that gives the constellation its modern name.

Where it is and when to see it

Kappa 1 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 11° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 21° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 84° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 62° N.

It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 250 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Kappa 1 Sculptor

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.42
Distance: 252.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 2.338° · Dec -27.988°
Catalogue: HIP 761 · HD 493

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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