HR1361

Altitude: 33.1° Azimuth: 120.9° Direction: East-South-East

HR1361 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1361 visual magnitude is 6.53. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1361 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 HR1361:

Color of HR1361 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1361 6.53

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1361 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 33.1°
Azimuth: 120.9°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1361

HR1361 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 HR1361 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 20m 48s

Declination J2000 +09° 13’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 184.81°

Galactic Latitude -27.62°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1361 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1361.

Visibility of HR1361 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 HR1361 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: 80.8° RISE 16:34

Max altitude: 47.7° TRANSIT 23:18

Azimuth: 279.2° SET 6:07

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1361

The image below is a photograph of HR1361 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 HR1361 is 0.054 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.039 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1361. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1361 during the next 10000 years (9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1361 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1361 is distant 320.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.33 pc

Distance (light year) 320.55 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 39 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.054 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.039 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1361

HR1361 belongs to spectral class A4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.57

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.15

Temperature of HR1361 8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1361 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1361. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1361

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27505

SAO Catalogue SAO111759

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20281

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 672

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