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TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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HR1364

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:26 | Tran: 10:13 | Set: 12:59
Alt: -79.91°   Az: 224.79°   Direction: South-West

HR1364 is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR1364 visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, HR1364 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 HR1364 star
DSS2 image of HR1364. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1364 during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 20m 05s
-44° 12’ 28”
11h 20m 20s
15h 40m 25s

J2000

04h 19m 16s
-44° 16’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

249.61°
-45.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1364.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34
Giant

1.09
K2III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1364 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1364. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1364 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1364 double sysyem:

5.34
7.74
2.4
70.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1364 is distant 231.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

70.92
231.21
24 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
-0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216749
SAO216749

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1364 rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 134.2°
Max altitude: 8.4°
Azimuth: 225.8°