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HR102

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:05 | Tran: 21:37 | Set: 1:14
Alt: -14.58°   Az: 247.34°   Direction: West-South-West

HR102 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR102 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR102 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.

Image of HR102 star
DSS2 image of HR102. The red arrow shows the motion of HR102 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 28m 29s
-25° 24’ 35”
05h 25m 37s
05h 54m 07s

J2000

00h 27m 14s
-25° 32’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

47.84°
-84.35°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR102 star
Simplified finder chart for HR102.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
Giant

-0.59
G8III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR102 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR102. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR102 is distant 670.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

205.76
670.78
-3 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO166282
SAO166282

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR102 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.4°
Max altitude: 13.1°
Azimuth: 244.6°