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13 Trianguli

Altitude: 29.5°   Azimuth: 282.2°   Direction: West-North-West

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

13 Trianguli visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its reltive faintness, 13 Trianguli should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 13 Trianguli is -0.069 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.074 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 13 Trianguli star
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);

Key facts about 13 Trianguli

5.89
Hypergiant

13 Trianguli is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 29.5°
Azimuth: 282.2°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 13 Trianguli

13 Trianguli is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 13 Trianguli are provided in the following table:

02h 28m 48s
+29° 55’ 54”
146.89°
-28.37°
Triangulum

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 13 Trianguli in the sky:

Finder chart 13 Trianguli star
Simplified finder chart for 13 Trianguli.

Visibility of 13 Trianguli from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 60.1°
Max altitude: 68.5°
Azimuth: 299.9°

Distance of 13 Trianguli from the Sun and relative movement

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.

30.79 pc
100.37 ly
40 km/s
-0.069 arcsec/year
0.074 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 13 Trianguli

13 Trianguli belongs to spectral class G0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

3.45
G0V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Trianguli is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of 13 Trianguli

13 Trianguli
SAO75391
SAO75391