HR1566

Altitude: 50.7° Azimuth: 133.7° Direction: South-East

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

HR1566 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1566 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 HR1566:

Color of HR1566 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1566 6.37

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1566 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 50.7°
Azimuth: 133.7°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1566

HR1566 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 HR1566 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 54m 58s

Declination J2000 +19° 29’ 07”

Galactic Longitude 181.36°

Galactic Latitude -14.84°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1566 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1566.

Visibility of HR1566 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 HR1566 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: 70.5° RISE 15:58

Max altitude: 58.0° TRANSIT 23:41

Azimuth: 289.5° SET 7:28

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1566

The image below is a photograph of HR1566 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 HR1566 is 0.06 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.038 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR1566 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 68.17 pc

Distance (light year) 222.22 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 35 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.06 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.038 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1566

HR1566 belongs to spectral class F3 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.20

Spectral Type F3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.29

Temperature of HR1566 7526K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR1566

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31236

SAO Catalogue SAO94199

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22850

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 811

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