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HR1390

Altitude: -5.8°   Azimuth: 346.0°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1390 is a giant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1390 visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1390 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 HR1390:

5.28
Giant

HR1390 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -5.8°
Azimuth: 346.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1390

HR1390 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1390 are provided in the following table:

04h 26m 06s
+31° 26’ 20”
167.62°
-12.24°
Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1390 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1390 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1390.

Visibility of HR1390 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 HR1390 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: 58.6°
Max altitude: 70.0°
Azimuth: 301.4°
HR1390 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1390

The image below is a photograph of HR1390 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 HR1390 is 0.076 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.11 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1390 star
DSS2 image of HR1390. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1390 during the next 1000 years (1.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1390 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1390 is distant 242.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

74.52 pc
242.92 ly
28 km/s
0.076 arcsec/year
-0.11 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1390

HR1390 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.92
K1III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1390 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1390. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1390

SAO57229
SAO57229