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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:44 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:00
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HR1197

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:35 | Tran: 4:55 | Set: 14:11
Alt: 54.18°   Az: 108.52°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1197 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1197 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR1197 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 HR1197 star
DSS2 image of HR1197. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1197 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 53m 37s
+31° 14’ 26”
21h 18m 06s
01h 11m 43s

J2000

03h 52m 04s
+31° 10’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

162.44°
-17.52°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1197 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1197.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Main-sequence

0.75
A5V
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1197 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1197. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1197 is distant 411.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

126.10
411.10
-38 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO56762
SAO56762

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1197 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.8°
Max altitude: 69.8°
Azimuth: 301.2°