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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR1487

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:44 | Tran: 19:27 | Set: 0:15
Alt: 17.00°   Az: 143.04°   Direction: South-East

HR1487 is a sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1487 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR1487 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 HR1487 star
DSS2 image of HR1487. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1487 during the next 1000 years (2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 40m 28s
-14° 18’ 40”
21h 34m 23s
02h 14m 52s

J2000

04h 39m 19s
-14° 21’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

211.52°
-35.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1487.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Sub-giant

1.53
K1IV
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1487 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1487. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1487 is distant 198.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 56 kilometers per second.

60.90
198.54
56 km/s
0.122 arcsec/y
-0.127"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO149797
SAO149797

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1487 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.3°
Max altitude: 24.2°
Azimuth: 255.7°