HR1553

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:50 | Tran: 13:39 | Set: 20:28

Alt: -3.63° Az: 68.93° Direction: East-North-East

HR1553 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1553 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR1553 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 53m 07s

Declination +10° 00’ 57”

Hour Angle 16h 44m 07s

Sidereal Time 21h 37m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 51m 43s

Declination +09° 58’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 189.03°

Galactic Latitude -21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1553.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.56

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 704.10

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30870

SAO Catalogue SAO112150

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22597

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 668

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1553 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.0° RISE 6:50

Max altitude: 48.5° TRANSIT 13:39

Azimuth: 280.0° SET 20:28

Set Location

Other stars in Orion