HR13

HR13 is a giant star in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR13 visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its reltive faintness, HR13 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR13:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR13

HR13 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR13 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR13 in the sky:

Visibility of HR13 from your location

Today's HR13 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR13

The image below is a photograph of HR13 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR13 is -0.037 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR13 from the Sun and relative movement

HR13 is distant 325.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR13

HR13 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR13 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR13