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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR118

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:17 | Tran: 9:03 | Set: 12:48
Alt: 13.38°   Az: 196.09°   Direction: South-South-West

HR118 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR118 visual magnitude is 5.19. Because of its faintness, HR118 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 HR118 star
DSS2 image of HR118. The red arrow shows the motion of HR118 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 31m 38s
-23° 38’ 51”
01h 08m 27s
01h 40m 06s

J2000

00h 30m 22s
-23° 47’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

66.87°
-84.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR118.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.19
Main-sequence

1.48
A5V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR118 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR118. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR118 is distant 180.31 light years from the Sun

55.31
180.31
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO166318
SAO166318

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR118 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.6°
Max altitude: 14.9°
Azimuth: 246.4°