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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR1280

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:47 | Tran: 18:17 | Set: 1:51
Alt: 41.52°   Az: 118.08°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1280 is a multiple giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1280 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR1280 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 HR1280 star
DSS2 image of HR1280. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1280 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 09m 25s
+17° 24’ 18”
21h 04m 44s
01h 14m 10s

J2000

04h 07m 59s
+17° 20’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

175.63°
-24.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1280.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Giant

0.77
K5III
3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1280 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1280. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1280 is distant 344.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

105.71
344.61
-31 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93777
SAO93777

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1280 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°