HR1179

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:09 | Tran: 3:07 | Set: 6:02

Alt: -25.97° Az: 253.95° Direction: West-South-West

HR1179 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR1179 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR1179 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR1179. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1179 during the next 1000 years (3.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 48m 20s

Declination -29° 49’ 36”

Hour Angle 06h 20m 42s

Sidereal Time 10h 09m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 47m 20s

Declination -29° 54’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 227.75°

Galactic Latitude -51.5°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1179.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.55

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.62

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature 6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1179 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1179. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1179 is distant 125.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 38.48

Distance (light year) 125.43

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.182 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.069"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23856

SAO Catalogue SAO194531

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17689

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 1494

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1179 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8° RISE 0:09

Max altitude: 8.7° TRANSIT 3:07

Azimuth: 240.2° SET 6:02

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax