HR1455

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:16 | Tran: 6:06 | Set: 13:52

Alt: -6.13° Az: 46.72° Direction: North-East

HR1455 is a double bright giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1455 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR1455 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.

DSS2 image of HR1455. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1455 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 37m 09s

Declination +19° 55’ 50”

Hour Angle 15h 21m 25s

Sideral Time 19h 58m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 35m 42s

Declination +19° 52’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 178.14°

Galactic Latitude -18.19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1455.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.59

Spectral Type G5II

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1455 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1455. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1455 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1455 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.36

Secondary star magnitude 6.86

Magnitude difference 0.5

Separation 0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1455 is distant 463.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 142.25

Distance (light year) 463.73

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29104

SAO Catalogue SAO94022

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21408

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 742

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3316

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1455 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.1° RISE 22:16

Max altitude: 58.5° TRANSIT 6:06

Azimuth: 289.9° SET 13:52

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus