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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR1427

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:59 | Tran: 13:22 | Set: 20:46
Alt: 35.11°   Az: 250.48°   Direction: West-South-West

HR1427 is a variable and multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1427 visual magnitude is 4.78. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1427 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR1427 star
DSS2 image of HR1427. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1427 during the next 1000 years (1.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 32m 00s
+16° 14’ 50”
03h 33m 41s
08h 05m 42s

J2000

04h 30m 33s
+16° 11’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

180.38°
-21.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1427.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.78
Sub-giant

1.54
A6IV
8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1427 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1427. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1427 is distant 144.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

44.37
144.63
38 km/s
0.107 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93975
SAO93975
Gl 170.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1427 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.8°
Max altitude: 54.8°
Azimuth: 286.2°