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HR1206

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:13 | Tran: 18:33 | Set: 22:53
Alt: -48.31°   Az: 49.46°   Direction: North-East

HR1206 is a giant star of spectral class K in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1206 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR1206 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 HR1206 star
DSS2 image of HR1206. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1206 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 54m 20s
-18° 21’ 40”
14h 08m 42s
18h 03m 02s

J2000

03h 53m 12s
-18° 26’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

211.06°
-47.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1206.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Giant

-0.43
K
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1206 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1206. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1206 is distant 698.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

214.13
698.07
20 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO149229
SAO149229

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1206 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.4°
Max altitude: 20.2°
Azimuth: 251.6°