HR1288

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:53 | Tran: 3:29 | Set: 8:02

Alt: -9.71° Az: 255.95° Direction: West-South-West

HR1288 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1288 visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, HR1288 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.

DSS2 image of HR1288. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1288 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 10m 25s

Declination -16° 19’ 19”

Hour Angle 05h 40m 21s

Sidereal Time 09h 50m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 09m 17s

Declination -16° 23’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.32°

Galactic Latitude -43.12°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1288.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.37

Spectral Type B4V

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1288 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1288. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1288 is distant 726.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 222.72

Distance (light year) 726.06

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26326

SAO Catalogue SAO149412

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19398

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 796

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1288 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.3° RISE 22:53

Max altitude: 22.2° TRANSIT 3:29

Azimuth: 253.7° SET 8:02

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus