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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR1442

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:18 | Tran: 13:53 | Set: 21:27
Alt: 20.75°   Az: 273.24°   Direction: West

HR1442 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1442 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR1442 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 HR1442 star
DSS2 image of HR1442. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1442 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 35m 01s
+18° 04’ 05”
05h 16m 31s
09h 51m 32s

J2000

04h 33m 32s
+18° 01’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

179.34°
-19.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1442.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Sub-giant

0.69
B9IV
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1442 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1442. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1442 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1442 double sysyem:

6.25
6.35
0.1
3.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1442 is distant 422.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

129.70
422.83
15 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94002
SAO94002

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1442 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.9°
Max altitude: 56.6°
Azimuth: 288.1°