HR1553

Altitude: -14.3° Azimuth: 307.5° Direction: North-West

HR1553 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Orion.

HR1553 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1553 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 HR1553:

Color of HR1553 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1553 6.11

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1553 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -14.3°
Azimuth: 307.5°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1553

HR1553 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 HR1553 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 51m 43s

Declination J2000 +09° 58’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 189.03°

Galactic Latitude -21°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1553 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1553.

Visibility of HR1553 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 HR1553 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: 80.0° RISE 17:00

Max altitude: 48.5° TRANSIT 23:49

Azimuth: 280.0° SET 6:42

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1553

The image below is a photograph of HR1553 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 HR1553 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1553. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1553 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1553 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1553 is distant 704.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 215.98 pc

Distance (light year) 704.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1553

HR1553 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.56

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature of HR1553 9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1553 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1553. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1553

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30870

SAO Catalogue SAO112150

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22597

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 668

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