HR1120

Altitude: -51.2° Azimuth: 332.6° Direction: North-North-West

HR1120 is a star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1120 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1120 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 HR1120:

Color of HR1120 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1120 6.33

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1120 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -51.2°
Azimuth: 332.6°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1120

HR1120 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 HR1120 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 40m 11s

Declination J2000 -15° 13’ 36”

Galactic Longitude 204.83°

Galactic Latitude -49.12°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1120 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1120.

Visibility of HR1120 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 HR1120 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: 105.2° RISE 18:03

Max altitude: 23.3° TRANSIT 22:42

Azimuth: 254.8° SET 3:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1120

The image below is a photograph of HR1120 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 HR1120 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1120. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1120 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1120 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1120 is distant 644.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 197.63 pc

Distance (light year) 644.27 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1120

HR1120 belongs to spectral class G5

Absolute magnitude -0.15

Spectral Type G5

Color Index (B-V) 0.88

Temperature of HR1120 5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1120 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1120. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1120

Henry Draper Catalogue HD22905

SAO Catalogue SAO149094

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17136

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 634

FK5 Catalogue 2259

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