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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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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.

Image of HR1553 star
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

04h 53m 07s
+10° 00’ 57”
16h 44m 07s
21h 37m 14s

J2000

04h 51m 43s
+09° 58’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

189.03°
-21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1553.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Main-sequence

-0.56
B5V
9226K

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

HR 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.

215.98
704.10
11 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112150
SAO112150

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°
Max altitude: 48.5°
Azimuth: 280.0°