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HR1024

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:41 | Tran: 18:00 | Set: 23:19
Alt: 23.02°   Az: 219.85°   Direction: South-West

HR1024 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1024 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR1024 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 HR1024 star
DSS2 image of HR1024. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1024 during the next 1000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.70 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 24m 31s
-07° 42’ 22”
02h 26m 04s
05h 50m 35s

J2000

03h 23m 17s
-07° 47’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

191.8°
-49.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1024.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

3.36
G2V
5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1024 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1024. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1024 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1024 double sysyem:

6.2
12.6
6.4
3.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1024 is distant 120.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

36.91
120.34
43 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.222"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130457
SAO130457
GJ 2030 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1024 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.7°
Max altitude: 30.8°
Azimuth: 262.3°