HR1186

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:15 | Tran: 4:50 | Set: 6:25

Alt: -5.80° Az: 145.26° Direction: South-East

HR1186 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1186 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR1186 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.

DSS2 image of HR1186. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1186 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 48m 45s

Declination -36° 01’ 51”

Hour Angle 21h 01m 56s

Sideral Time 00h 50m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 47m 49s

Declination -36° 06’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 237.74°

Galactic Latitude -51.73°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1186.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1186 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1186. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1186 is distant 529.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 162.34

Distance (light year) 529.22

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23958

SAO Catalogue SAO194537

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17734

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 1453

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1186 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.0° RISE 3:15

Max altitude: 2.5° TRANSIT 4:50

Azimuth: 234.0° SET 6:25

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Eridanus