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HR1060

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:22 | Tran: 17:46 | Set: 23:11
Alt: 23.34°   Az: 221.70°   Direction: South-West

HR1060 is a star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1060 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR1060 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 HR1060 star
DSS2 image of HR1060. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1060 during the next 1000 years (-1.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 30m 53s
-06° 43’ 11”
02h 31m 47s
06h 02m 41s

J2000

03h 29m 39s
-06° 48’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

191.86°
-47.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1060.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99

0.69
G5
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1060 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1060. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1060 is distant 373.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

114.68
373.85
26 km/s
-0.096 arcsec/y
-0.104"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130520
SAO130520

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1060 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.7°
Max altitude: 31.8°
Azimuth: 263.3°