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HR1420

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:17 | Tran: 10:09 | Set: 17:01
Alt: 16.50°   Az: 266.29°   Direction: West

HR1420 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1420 visual magnitude is 6.79. Because of its faintness, HR1420 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1420 star
DSS2 image of HR1420. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1420 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 31m 07s
+10° 34’ 32”
05h 06m 57s
09h 38m 05s

J2000

04h 29m 42s
+10° 31’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

185.13°
-25.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1420.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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6.79
Main-sequence

0.16
B5V
0.09
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1420 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1420. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1420 is distant 692.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

212.31
692.14
15 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

HD28475
SAO93968
SAO93968
HIP20963
BD+10 583

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1420 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.4°
Max altitude: 49.1°
Azimuth: 280.6°