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HR1143

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:18 | Tran: 18:27 | Set: 19:36
Alt: 0.47°   Az: 190.90°   Direction: South

HR1143 is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1143 visual magnitude is 4.59. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1143 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 HR1143 star
DSS2 image of HR1143. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1143 during the next 10000 years (-14.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 43m 46s
-37° 14’ 06”
00h 54m 56s
04h 38m 42s

J2000

03h 42m 50s
-37° 18’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

239.76°
-52.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1143.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.59
Giant

0.91
K2III
4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1143 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1143. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1143 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1143 double sysyem:

4.59
12.19
7.6
5.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1143 is distant 177.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

54.53
177.75
10 km/s
-0.088 arcsec/y
-0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO194475
SAO194475

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1143 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.2°
Max altitude: 1.3°
Azimuth: 232.8°