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HR1108

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:02 | Tran: 18:23 | Set: 23:44
Alt: -21.63°   Az: 73.83°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1108 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1108 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR1108 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 HR1108 star
DSS2 image of HR1108. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1108 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 39m 42s
-07° 18’ 39”
16h 16m 41s
19h 56m 24s

J2000

03h 38m 29s
-07° 23’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

194.29°
-45.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1108.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

0.46
G5
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1108 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1108. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1108 is distant 390.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

119.76
390.42
-30 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130628
SAO130628

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1108 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.3°
Max altitude: 31.2°
Azimuth: 262.7°