HR1495

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:39 | Tran: 14:18 | Set: 17:58

Alt: 12.24° Az: 197.81° Direction: South-South-West

HR1495 is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1495 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR1495 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 HR1495. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1495 during the next 10000 years (-11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 41m 10s

Declination -24° 26’ 04”

Hour Angle 01h 16m 40s

Sidereal Time 05h 57m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 40m 06s

Declination -24° 28’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 223.58°

Galactic Latitude -38.91°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.58

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.65

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1495 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1495. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1495 is distant 315.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.71

Distance (light year) 315.28

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.067 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29737

SAO Catalogue SAO169650

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21743

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 2488

FK5 Catalogue 1127

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1495 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.4° RISE 10:39

Max altitude: 14.1° TRANSIT 14:18

Azimuth: 245.6° SET 17:58

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus