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HR1402

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:16 | Tran: 19:12 | Set: 2:11
Alt: -23.11°   Az: 28.68°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1402 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1402 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR1402 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 HR1402 star
DSS2 image of HR1402. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1402 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 28m 52s
+11° 16’ 01”
13h 46m 59s
18h 15m 51s

J2000

04h 27m 28s
+11° 12’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

184.16°
-25.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1402.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Sub-giant

0.01
B8IV
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1402 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1402. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1402 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1402 double sysyem:

5.88
7.68
1.8
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1402 is distant 486.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

149.25
486.57
4 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93943
SAO93943

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1402 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.7°
Max altitude: 49.8°
Azimuth: 281.3°