HR1495

Altitude: -12.8° Azimuth: 246.6° Direction: West-South-West

HR1495 is a giant star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1495 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1495 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 HR1495:

Color of HR1495 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1495 5.58

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1495 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -12.8°
Azimuth: 246.6°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1495

HR1495 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 HR1495 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 40m 06s

Declination J2000 -24° 28’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 223.58°

Galactic Latitude -38.91°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1495 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1495.

Visibility of HR1495 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 HR1495 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: 114.5° RISE 19:43

Max altitude: 14.0° TRANSIT 23:22

Azimuth: 245.5° SET 3:05

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1495

The image below is a photograph of HR1495 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 HR1495 is -0.067 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR1495 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 315.28 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.067 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1495

HR1495 belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.65

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature of HR1495 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

Alternative designations of HR1495

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29737

SAO Catalogue SAO169650

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21743

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 2488

FK5 Catalogue 1127

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