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HR1062

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:40 | Tran: 12:33 | Set: 17:26
Alt: -39.47°   Az: 305.53°   Direction: North-West

HR1062 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1062 visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, HR1062 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 HR1062 star
DSS2 image of HR1062. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1062 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 30m 48s
-12° 35’ 19”
09h 19m 43s
12h 50m 31s

J2000

03h 29m 35s
-12° 40’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

199.55°
-50.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1062.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Sub-giant

0.04
A5IV
8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1062 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1062. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1062 is distant 420.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

128.87
420.10
15 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO148985
SAO148985

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1062 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.6°
Max altitude: 25.9°
Azimuth: 257.4°