HR1108

Altitude: -36.7° Azimuth: 47.2° Direction: North-East

HR1108 is a giant star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1108 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1108 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1108:

Color of HR1108 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1108 5.85

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1108 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -36.7°
Azimuth: 47.2°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1108

HR1108 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1108 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 38m 29s

Declination J2000 -07° 23’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 194.29°

Galactic Latitude -45.81°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1108 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1108.

Visibility of HR1108 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 97.4° RISE 17:19

Max altitude: 31.1° TRANSIT 22:40

Azimuth: 262.6° SET 4:05

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1108

The image below is a photograph of HR1108 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1108 is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.055 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR1108 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 119.76 pc

Distance (light year) 390.42 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.055 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1108

HR1108 belongs to spectral class G5

Absolute magnitude 0.46

Spectral Type G5

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature of HR1108 4791K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR1108

Henry Draper Catalogue HD22675

SAO Catalogue SAO130628

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16989

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 647

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