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HR1201

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:33 | Tran: 1:07 | Set: 8:37
Alt: 53.96°   Az: 155.59°   Direction: South-South-East

HR1201 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1201 visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, HR1201 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 HR1201 star
DSS2 image of HR1201. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1201 during the next 1000 years (2.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 54m 35s
+17° 23’ 57”
23h 00m 57s
02h 55m 32s

J2000

03h 53m 09s
+17° 19’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

172.94°
-27.41°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1201 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1201.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.97
Main-sequence

2.88
F4V
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1201 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1201. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1201 is distant 135.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

41.43
135.05
35 km/s
0.142 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93650
SAO93650

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1201 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.6°
Max altitude: 55.9°
Azimuth: 287.4°