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public  Plandome, United States Plandome, United States  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Sunrise: 5:24 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:28
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HR1216

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:17 | Tran: 10:48 | Set: 12:20
Alt: 0.03°   Az: 164.56°   Direction: South

HR1216 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR1216 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR1216 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 HR1216 star
DSS2 image of HR1216. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1216 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 54m 20s
-46° 49’ 10”
22h 28m 23s
02h 22m 44s

J2000

03h 53m 33s
-46° 53’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

254.43°
-49.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1216.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

0.72
K2III
4232K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1216 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1216. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1216 is distant 359.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

110.38
359.82
-1 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216540
SAO216540

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1216 rise, transit and set times from Plandome, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 136.8°
Max altitude: 2.4°
Azimuth: 223.2°