HR1385

Altitude: -5.2° Azimuth: 50.2° Direction: North-East

HR1385 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1385 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1385 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 HR1385:

Color of HR1385 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1385 5.98

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1385 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -5.2°
Azimuth: 50.2°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1385

HR1385 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 HR1385 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 24m 57s

Declination J2000 +19° 02’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 177.12°

Galactic Latitude -20.68°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1385 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1385.

Visibility of HR1385 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 HR1385 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: 71.0° RISE 15:34

Max altitude: 57.6° TRANSIT 23:15

Azimuth: 289.0° SET 6:59

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1385

The image below is a photograph of HR1385 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 HR1385 is 0.105 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.044 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1385. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1385 during the next 1000 years (1.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.73 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1385 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1385 is distant 159.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.02 pc

Distance (light year) 159.80 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 37 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.105 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.044 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1385

HR1385 belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 2.53

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature of HR1385 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1385 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1385. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1385

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27901

SAO Catalogue SAO93918

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20614

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 633

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