HR1452

Altitude: -0.1° Azimuth: 104.4° Direction: East-South-East

HR1452 is a giant star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1452 visual magnitude is 5.26. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1452 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 HR1452:

Color of HR1452 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1452 5.26

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1452 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -0.1°
Azimuth: 104.4°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1452

HR1452 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 HR1452 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 34m 11s

Declination J2000 -08° 58’ 13”

Galactic Longitude 204.9°

Galactic Latitude -34.51°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1452 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1452.

Visibility of HR1452 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 HR1452 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: 99.0° RISE 18:11

Max altitude: 29.5° TRANSIT 23:24

Azimuth: 261.0° SET 4:40

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1452

The image below is a photograph of HR1452 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 HR1452 is -0.037 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.111 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1452. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1452 during the next 1000 years (-0.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.85 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1452 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1452 is distant 657.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 201.61 pc

Distance (light year) 657.26 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.111 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1452

HR1452 belongs to spectral class K4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.26

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.47

Temperature of HR1452 3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1452 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1452. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1452

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29065

SAO Catalogue SAO131316

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21297

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 930

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