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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR1159

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:09 | Tran: 12:42 | Set: 19:14
Alt: -3.96°   Az: 73.76°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1159 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1159 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR1159 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 HR1159 star
DSS2 image of HR1159. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1159 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 47m 30s
+06° 52’ 50”
16h 58m 58s
20h 46m 29s

J2000

03h 46m 09s
+06° 48’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

180.67°
-35.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1159.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Giant

0.84
G9III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1159 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1159. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1159 is distant 336.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

103.31
336.78
-26 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
-0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO111407
SAO111407

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1159 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.1°
Max altitude: 45.4°
Azimuth: 276.9°