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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:33 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 19:17
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HR1566

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:38 | Tran: 6:25 | Set: 14:08
Alt: -17.92°   Az: 14.04°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1566 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1566 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR1566 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 HR1566 star
DSS2 image of HR1566. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1566 during the next 10000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 56m 25s
+19° 31’ 24”
12h 56m 42s
17h 53m 08s

J2000

04h 54m 58s
+19° 29’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

181.36°
-14.84°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1566 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1566.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Sub-giant

2.20
F3IV
7526K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1566 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1566. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1566 is distant 222.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

68.17
222.22
35 km/s
0.06 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94199
SAO94199

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1566 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.5°
Max altitude: 58.0°
Azimuth: 289.5°