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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR1459

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:54 | Tran: 14:03 | Set: 22:12
Alt: 43.63°   Az: 108.47°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1459 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1459 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR1459 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 HR1459 star
DSS2 image of HR1459. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1459 during the next 1000 years (1.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.92 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 38m 00s
+23° 23’ 26”
20h 46m 19s
01h 24m 20s

J2000

04h 36m 29s
+23° 20’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

175.47°
-15.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1459.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Sub-giant

2.79
F5IV
6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1459 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1459. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1459 is distant 144.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

44.25
144.25
43 km/s
0.112 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76670
SAO76670

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1459 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.6°
Max altitude: 61.9°
Azimuth: 293.4°