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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR1521

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:44 | Tran: 18:46 | Set: 22:48
Alt: -33.32°   Az: 277.45°   Direction: West

HR1521 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1521 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR1521 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 HR1521 star
DSS2 image of HR1521. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1521 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 46m 09s
-21° 14’ 20”
07h 49m 01s
12h 35m 10s

J2000

04h 45m 04s
-21° 17’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

220.15°
-36.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1521.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Giant

-0.70
K2
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1521 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1521. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1521 is distant 626.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

192.31
626.92
22 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO169727
SAO169727

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1521 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.2°
Max altitude: 17.3°
Azimuth: 248.8°