HR1360

Altitude: -21.9° Azimuth: 46.4° Direction: North-East

HR1360 is a giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1360 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1360 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 HR1360:

Color of HR1360 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1360 5.77

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1360 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -21.9°
Azimuth: 46.4°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1360

HR1360 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 HR1360 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 20m 41s

Declination J2000 +06° 07’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 187.61°

Galactic Latitude -29.49°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1360 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1360.

Visibility of HR1360 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 HR1360 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: 83.9° RISE 5:41

Max altitude: 44.7° TRANSIT 12:10

Azimuth: 276.1° SET 18:39

RIGHT NOW HR1360 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1360

The image below is a photograph of HR1360 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 HR1360 is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.051 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1360. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1360 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1360 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1360 is distant 427.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 131.23 pc

Distance (light year) 427.82 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.051 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1360

HR1360 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.18

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature of HR1360 4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1360 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1360. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1360

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27497

SAO Catalogue SAO111756

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20268

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 631

FK5 Catalogue 2320

In Evidence

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