HR1363

Altitude: -2.4° Azimuth: 260.8° Direction: West

HR1363 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1363 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1363 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 HR1363:

Color of HR1363 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1363 5.85

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1363 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -2.4°
Azimuth: 260.8°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1363

HR1363 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 HR1363 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 20m 42s

Declination J2000 -07° 35’ 33”

Galactic Longitude 201.5°

Galactic Latitude -36.83°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1363 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1363.

Visibility of HR1363 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 HR1363 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: 97.6° RISE 18:22

Max altitude: 30.9° TRANSIT 23:42

Azimuth: 262.4° SET 5:05

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1363

The image below is a photograph of HR1363 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 HR1363 is 0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1363. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1363 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1363 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1363 is distant 756.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 232.02 pc

Distance (light year) 756.38 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1363

HR1363 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.98

Spectral Type B5III

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature of HR1363 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1363 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1363. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1363

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27563

SAO Catalogue SAO131132

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20271

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 798

FK5 Catalogue 2322

General Catalogue of Variable Stars EM Eri

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