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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:52 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 20:05
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HR1187

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:45 | Tran: 14:50 | Set: 18:54
Alt: -5.65°   Az: 243.30°   Direction: West-South-West

HR1187 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1187 visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, HR1187 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 HR1187 star
DSS2 image of HR1187. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1187 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 49m 42s
-20° 49’ 36”
04h 48m 04s
08h 37m 47s

J2000

03h 48m 35s
-20° 54’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

214.04°
-49.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1187.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Giant

-1.22
K5III
3594K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1187 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1187. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1187 is distant 829.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

254.45
829.52
3 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO168851
SAO168851

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1187 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.8°
Max altitude: 17.7°
Azimuth: 249.2°