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HR1358

Altitude: 42.2°   Azimuth: 128.3°   Direction: South-East

HR1358 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1358 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1358 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 HR1358:

6.17
Main-sequence

HR1358 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 42.2°
Azimuth: 128.3°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1358

HR1358 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1358 are provided in the following table:

04h 20m 52s
+13° 51’ 51”
180.76°
-24.74°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1358 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1358 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1358.

Visibility of HR1358 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR1358 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.1°
Max altitude: 52.4°
Azimuth: 283.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1358

The image below is a photograph of HR1358 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 HR1358 is 0.113 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.025 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1358 star
DSS2 image of HR1358. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1358 during the next 1000 years (1.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.42 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1358 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1358 is distant 149.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

45.87 pc
149.54 ly
37 km/s
0.113 arcsec/year
-0.025 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1358

HR1358 belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.86
F6V
6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1358 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1358. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1358

SAO93878
SAO93878