HR1469

Altitude: 16.3° Azimuth: 250.3° Direction: West-South-West

HR1469 is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1469 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1469 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 HR1469:

Color of HR1469 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1469 5.31

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1469 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 16.3°
Azimuth: 250.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1469

HR1469 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 HR1469 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 37m 13s

Declination J2000 +00° 59’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 195.13°

Galactic Latitude -28.94°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1469 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1469.

Visibility of HR1469 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 HR1469 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: 89.0° RISE 22:51

Max altitude: 39.5° TRANSIT 4:58

Azimuth: 271.0° SET 11:01

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1469

The image below is a photograph of HR1469 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 HR1469 is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1469. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1469 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1469 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1469 is distant 846.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 259.74 pc

Distance (light year) 846.75 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1469

HR1469 belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.76

Spectral Type B7V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature of HR1469 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1469 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1469. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1469

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29335

SAO Catalogue SAO111928

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21515

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 798

FK5 Catalogue 2339

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1671

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