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HR1191

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:00 | Tran: 4:59 | Set: 14:53
Alt: 24.26°   Az: 64.56°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1191 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1191 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, HR1191 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 HR1191 star
DSS2 image of HR1191. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1191 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 53m 28s
+34° 25’ 54”
17h 45m 57s
21h 39m 25s

J2000

03h 51m 53s
+34° 21’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

160.23°
-15.14°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1191 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1191.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Main-sequence

-1.74
B1V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1191 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1191. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1191 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1191 double sysyem:

5.77
13.27
7.5
15.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1191 is distant 1,034.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

317.46
1,034.92
18 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO56761
SAO56761

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1191 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.6°
Max altitude: 73.0°
Azimuth: 304.4°