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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:50  ☀️ Transit: 13:04  🌅 Sunset: 19:19

14 Trianguli

14 Trianguli is a giant star in the constellation of Triangulum.

14 Trianguli visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its reltive faintness, 14 Trianguli should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 14 Trianguli:

5.15
Giant
14 Trianguli is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 14 Trianguli

14 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 14 Trianguli are provided in the following table:

02h 32m 06s
+36° 08’ 49”
144.74°
-22.43°
Triangulum

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 14 Trianguli in the sky:

Finder chart 14 Trianguli star
Simplified finder chart for 14 Trianguli.

Visibility of 14 Trianguli from your location

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

Today's 14 Trianguli rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.9°
Max altitude: 74.7°
Azimuth: 306.1°
14 Trianguli is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 14 Trianguli

The image below is a photograph of 14 Trianguli from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 14 Trianguli is 0.046 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 14 Trianguli star
DSS2 image of 14 Trianguli. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Trianguli during the next 10000 years (7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 14 Trianguli from the Sun and relative movement

14 Trianguli is distant 391.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

120.05 pc
391.36 ly
-36 km/s
0.046 arcsec/year
0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 14 Trianguli

14 Trianguli belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.25
K5III
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Trianguli is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Trianguli. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 14 Trianguli

14 Trianguli
SAO55635
SAO55635