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HR157

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:27 | Tran: 14:39 | Set: 0:55
Alt: 69.60°   Az: 225.54°   Direction: South-West

HR157 is a bright giant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR157 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, HR157 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 HR157 star
DSS2 image of HR157. The red arrow shows the motion of HR157 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 38m 42s
+35° 32’ 14”
01h 11m 12s
01h 49m 55s

J2000

00h 37m 21s
+35° 23’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

119.7°
-27.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR157.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Bright giant

-2.00
G2II
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR157 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR157. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR157 is distant 1,021.94 light years from the Sun

313.48
1,021.94
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO54038
SAO54038

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR157 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.5°
Max altitude: 74.1°
Azimuth: 305.5°