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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 6:43  
clear_day Transit: 12:51  
SunsetSet: 18:59 south
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HR1431

Altitude: -46.7°   Azimuth: 321.7°   Direction: North-West

HR1431 is a star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1431 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1431 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 HR1431:

6.24

HR1431 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -46.7°
Azimuth: 321.7°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1431

HR1431 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 HR1431 are provided in the following table:

04h 30m 09s
-13° 35’ 31”
209.54°
-37.39°
Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1431 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1431 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1431.

Visibility of HR1431 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 HR1431 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: 103.6°
Max altitude: 24.9°
Azimuth: 256.4°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1431

The image below is a photograph of HR1431 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 HR1431 is -0.025 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1431 star
DSS2 image of HR1431. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1431 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1431 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1431 is distant 432.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

132.63 pc
432.36 ly
14 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/year
0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1431

HR1431 belongs to spectral class G5

0.63
G5
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1431 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1431. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1431

SAO149682
SAO149682