13 Trianguli

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:19 | Tran: 9:27 | Set: 18:30

Alt: 68.38° Az: 188.99° Direction: South-South-West

13 Trianguli is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Triangulum.

13 Trianguli visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, 13 Trianguli 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.

DSS2 image of 13 Trianguli. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Trianguli during the next 10000 years (-11.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 30m 18s

Declination +30° 02’ 40”

Hour Angle 00h 15m 15s

Sidereal Time 02h 45m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 28m 48s

Declination +29° 55’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 146.89°

Galactic Latitude -28.37°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.89

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.45

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.58

Temperature 6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Trianguli is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Trianguli. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Trianguli is distant 100.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 30.79

Distance (light year) 100.37

Radial Speed 40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.069 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Trianguli

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15335

SAO Catalogue SAO75391

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11548

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+29 423

Gliese Catalogue Gl 99.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Trianguli rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.0° RISE 0:19

Max altitude: 68.6° TRANSIT 9:27

Azimuth: 300.0° SET 18:30

Set Location

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