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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:34  ☀️ Transit: 13:02  🌅 Sunset: 19:31

HR1483

HR1483 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1483 visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1483 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 HR1483:

5.01
Sub-giant
HR1483 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1483

HR1483 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 HR1483 are provided in the following table:

04h 38m 53s
-12° 07’ 23”
208.96°
-34.85°
Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1483 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1483 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1483.

Visibility of HR1483 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR1483 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.1°
Max altitude: 26.4°
Azimuth: 257.9°
HR1483 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1483

The image below is a photograph of HR1483 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 HR1483 is -0.053 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1483 star
DSS2 image of HR1483. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1483 during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1483 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1483 is distant 227.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

69.74 pc
227.34 ly
7 km/s
-0.053 arcsec/year
-0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1483

HR1483 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

0.79
A2IV
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1483 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1483. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1483

SAO149789
SAO149789