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HR1106

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.21°   Az: 263.64°   Direction: West

HR1106 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1106 visual magnitude is 4.58. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1106 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR1106 star
DSS2 image of HR1106. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1106 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 37m 59s
-40° 11’ 39”
08h 14m 31s
11h 52m 30s

J2000

03h 37m 05s
-40° 16’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

244.85°
-53.51°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1106 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1106.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.58
Giant

0.44
K1III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1106 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1106. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1106 is distant 219.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

67.20
219.09
12 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216405
SAO216405

Visibility from Your Location

HR1106 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK