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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR1438

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:35 | Tran: 13:23 | Set: 18:10
Alt: -22.24°   Az: 276.08°   Direction: West

HR1438 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1438 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR1438 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 HR1438 star
DSS2 image of HR1438. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1438 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 32m 36s
-13° 35’ 31”
07h 15m 00s
11h 47m 36s

J2000

04h 31m 25s
-13° 38’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

209.75°
-37.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1438.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Main-sequence

0.77
A3V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1438 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1438. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1438 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1438 double sysyem:

6.21
9.41
3.2
29.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1438 is distant 399.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

122.55
399.51
-15 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO149702
SAO149702

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1438 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.6°
Max altitude: 24.9°
Azimuth: 256.4°