HR1477

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:44 | Tran: 14:06 | Set: 22:29

Alt: 21.48° Az: 284.02° Direction: West-North-West

HR1477 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1477 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR1477 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 HR1477. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1477 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 40m 56s

Declination +25° 15’ 59”

Hour Angle 05h 46m 53s

Sidereal Time 10h 27m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 39m 23s

Declination +25° 13’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 174.41°

Galactic Latitude -14.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1477.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.22

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.98

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1477 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1477. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1477 is distant 363.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 111.48

Distance (light year) 363.43

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29459

SAO Catalogue SAO76689

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21689

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 674

FK5 Catalogue 2343

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1477 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.7° RISE 5:44

Max altitude: 63.8° TRANSIT 14:06

Azimuth: 295.3° SET 22:29

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus