HR1490

Altitude: -9.2° Azimuth: 10.7° Direction: North

HR1490 is a multiple main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1490 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1490 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 HR1490:

Color of HR1490 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1490 5.78

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1490 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -9.2°
Azimuth: 10.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1490

HR1490 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1490 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 41m 19s

Declination J2000 +28° 36’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 172.02°

Galactic Latitude -11.64°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1490 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1490.

Visibility of HR1490 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 HR1490 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: 61.4° RISE 20:36

Max altitude: 67.1° TRANSIT 5:30

Azimuth: 298.6° SET 14:20

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1490

The image below is a photograph of HR1490 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 HR1490 is 0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.03 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1490. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1490 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1490 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1490 is distant 334.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 102.67 pc

Distance (light year) 334.70 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.03 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1490

HR1490 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.72

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature of HR1490 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1490 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1490. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR1490 star system properties

HR1490 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1490 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.78

Secondary star magnitude 10.98

Magnitude difference 5.2

Separation 43.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR1490

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29646

SAO Catalogue SAO76707

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21819

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 680

FK5 Catalogue 1126

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3379

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