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HR1398

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:44 | Tran: 18:41 | Set: 20:39
Alt: -0.08°   Az: 204.18°   Direction: South-South-West

HR1398 is a multiple giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1398 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR1398 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1398 star
DSS2 image of HR1398. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1398 during the next 1000 years (-0.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 25m 52s
-34° 42’ 06”
01h 59m 30s
06h 25m 22s

J2000

04h 24m 56s
-34° 45’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

236.23°
-44.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1398.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55
Giant

1.94
F2III
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1398 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1398. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1398 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1398 double sysyem:

6.55
9.95
3.4
39.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1398 is distant 273.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

83.75
273.03
7 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.11"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO194996
SAO194996

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1398 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.7°
Max altitude: 3.8°
Azimuth: 235.3°