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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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HR1300

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:20 | Tran: 18:28 | Set: 22:36
Alt: -46.27°   Az: 59.49°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1300 is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1300 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR1300 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 HR1300 star
DSS2 image of HR1300. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1300 during the next 10000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 12m 42s
-20° 17’ 33”
14h 37m 39s
18h 50m 21s

J2000

04h 11m 36s
-20° 21’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

215.72°
-43.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1300.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79

1.37
A2
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1300 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1300. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1300 is distant 249.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

76.57
249.62
-13 km/s
0.05 arcsec/y
0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO169206
SAO169206

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1300 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.3°
Max altitude: 18.2°
Azimuth: 249.7°