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HR1227

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -20.93°   Az: 152.33°   Direction: South-South-East

HR1227 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Dorado.

HR1227 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, HR1227 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 HR1227 star
DSS2 image of HR1227. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1227 during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 55m 13s
-52° 37’ 08”
20h 57m 35s
00h 52m 48s

J2000

03h 54m 33s
-52° 41’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

262.79°
-47.64°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1227 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1227.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.46
Main-sequence

1.31
A4V
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1227 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1227. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1227 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 HR1227 double sysyem:

6.46
12.56
6.1
22.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1227 is distant 349.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

107.18
349.41
21 km/s
0.031 arcsec/y
-0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO233321
SAO233321

Visibility from Your Location

HR1227 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK