HR1425

Altitude: 47.2° Azimuth: 200.7° Direction: South-South-West

HR1425 is a giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1425 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1425 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 HR1425:

Color of HR1425 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1425 6.48

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1425 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 47.2°
Azimuth: 200.7°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1425

HR1425 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1425 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 30m 02s

Declination J2000 +10° 15’ 44”

Galactic Longitude 185.41°

Galactic Latitude -25.18°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1425 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1425.

Visibility of HR1425 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 HR1425 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: 79.7° RISE 5:33

Max altitude: 48.8° TRANSIT 12:23

Azimuth: 280.3° SET 19:14

RIGHT NOW HR1425 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1425

The image below is a photograph of HR1425 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 HR1425 is -0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.067 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1425. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1425 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1425 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1425 is distant 365.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 63 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 112.11 pc

Distance (light year) 365.47 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -63 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.067 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1425

HR1425 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.23

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature of HR1425 4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1425 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1425. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1425

Henry Draper Catalogue HD28505

SAO Catalogue SAO93971

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20985

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 590

In Evidence

Other stars in Taurus