HR138

HR138 is a giant star in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR138 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its reltive faintness, HR138 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 HR138:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR138

HR138 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR138 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR138 in the sky:

Visibility of HR138 from your location

Today's HR138 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR138

The image below is a photograph of HR138 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 HR138 is -0.026 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.03 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR138 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Spectral properties of HR138

HR138 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

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

Alternative designations of HR138