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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR1163

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:56 | Tran: 12:40 | Set: 22:24
Alt: 70.31°   Az: 150.24°   Direction: South-South-East

HR1163 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1163 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, HR1163 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1163 star
DSS2 image of HR1163. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1163 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 49m 29s
+33° 40’ 35”
23h 13m 38s
03h 03m 07s

J2000

03h 47m 52s
+33° 36’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

160.08°
-16.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1163.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.57
Main-sequence

-1.33
B2V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1163 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1163. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1163 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1163 double sysyem:

6.57
10.57
4
3.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1163 is distant 1,239.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

380.23
1,239.54
20 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO56709
SAO56709

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1163 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.3°
Max altitude: 72.2°
Azimuth: 303.7°