HR116

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:00 | Tran: 6:33 | Set: 9:05

Alt: -12.34° Az: 126.55° Direction: South-East

HR116 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR116 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, HR116 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR116. The red arrow shows the motion of HR116 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 31m 04s

Declination -31° 58’ 33”

Hour Angle 19h 29m 16s

Sidereal Time 20h 00m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 29m 48s

Declination -32° 07’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 344.92°

Galactic Latitude -83.15°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.57

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.09

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature 4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR116 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR116. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR116 is distant 645.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 198.02

Distance (light year) 645.54

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2632

SAO Catalogue SAO192567

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2330

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 154

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR116 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.0° RISE 4:00

Max altitude: 6.5° TRANSIT 6:33

Azimuth: 238.0° SET 9:05

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor