HR1574

Altitude: -24.0° Azimuth: 305.0° Direction: North-West

HR1574 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Orion.

HR1574 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1574 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 HR1574:

Color of HR1574 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1574 5.99

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1574 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -24.0°
Azimuth: 305.0°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1574

HR1574 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 HR1574 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 54m 50s

Declination J2000 +00° 28’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 198.22°

Galactic Latitude -25.45°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1574 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1574.

Visibility of HR1574 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 HR1574 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: 89.5° RISE 18:19

Max altitude: 39.0° TRANSIT 0:24

Azimuth: 270.5° SET 6:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1574

The image below is a photograph of HR1574 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 HR1574 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1574. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1574 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1574 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1574 is distant 964.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 295.86 pc

Distance (light year) 964.50 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion Dec 0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1574

HR1574 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.37

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature of HR1574 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1574 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1574. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1574

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31331

SAO Catalogue SAO112206

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22840

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 893

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