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HR1446

Altitude: 7.1°   Azimuth: 83.7°   Direction: East

HR1446 is a giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1446 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1446 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 HR1446:

6.01
Giant

HR1446 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 7.1°
Azimuth: 83.7°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1446

HR1446 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 HR1446 are provided in the following table:

04h 33m 48s
+09° 24’ 47”
186.77°
-24.93°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1446 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1446 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1446.

Visibility of HR1446 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 HR1446 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: 80.6°
Max altitude: 47.9°
Azimuth: 279.4°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1446

The image below is a photograph of HR1446 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 HR1446 is -0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.043 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1446 star
DSS2 image of HR1446. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1446 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1446 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1446 is distant 470.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

144.30 pc
470.42 ly
-26 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/year
-0.043 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1446

HR1446 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.21
G8III
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1446 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1446. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1446

SAO111890
SAO111890