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Sunrise: 7:30 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 16:58
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HR1406

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:14 | Tran: 19:21 | Set: 4:32
Alt: 51.40°   Az: 105.71°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1406 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1406 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR1406 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 HR1406 star
DSS2 image of HR1406. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1406 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 30m 27s
+30° 24’ 54”
21h 03m 27s
01h 33m 54s

J2000

04h 28m 51s
+30° 21’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

168.85°
-12.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1406.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Main-sequence

2.73
F7V
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1406 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1406. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1406 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1406 double sysyem:

6.4
8.2
1.8
14.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1406 is distant 176.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

54.29
176.98
-37 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57249
SAO57249

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1406 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.6°
Max altitude: 68.9°
Azimuth: 300.4°