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HR1514

Altitude: 55.7°   Azimuth: 270.2°   Direction: West

HR1514 is a giant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1514 visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1514 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 HR1514:

5.97
Giant

HR1514 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 55.7°
Azimuth: 270.2°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1514

HR1514 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 HR1514 are provided in the following table:

04h 46m 44s
+40° 18’ 46”
163.73°
-3.23°
Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1514 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1514 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1514.

Visibility of HR1514 from your location

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

HR1514 is circumpolar and transits at 00:04 UTC (altitude: 78.8°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1514

The image below is a photograph of HR1514 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 HR1514 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.029 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1514 star
DSS2 image of HR1514. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1514 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1514 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1514 is distant 442.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

135.87 pc
442.93 ly
34 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/year
-0.029 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1514

HR1514 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.30
G9III
4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1514 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1514. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1514

SAO39746
SAO39746