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public  Nanyi, China Nanyi, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Urumqi
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 11:47 
Sunset: 18:45
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HR138

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:48 | Tran: 5:33 | Set: 10:22
Alt: -65.46°   Az: 262.45°   Direction: West

HR138 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR138 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR138 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 HR138 star
DSS2 image of HR138. The red arrow shows the motion of HR138 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 34m 56s
-29° 25’ 04”
10h 07m 09s
10h 42m 06s

J2000

00h 33m 41s
-29° 33’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

0.01°
-85.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR138.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Giant

-0.37
K2III
4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR138 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR138. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR138 is distant 496.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

152.44
496.95
-9 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO166367
SAO166367

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR138 rise, transit and set times from Nanyi, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Urumqi):

Azimuth: 119.4°
Max altitude: 31.4°
Azimuth: 240.6°