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HR1585

Altitude: 12.6°   Azimuth: 281.8°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1585 is a giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1585 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1585 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 HR1585:

5.48
Giant

HR1585 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 12.6°
Azimuth: 281.8°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1585

HR1585 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 HR1585 are provided in the following table:

04h 57m 22s
+17° 09’ 12”
183.67°
-15.75°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1585 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1585 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1585.

Visibility of HR1585 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 HR1585 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: 72.8°
Max altitude: 55.7°
Azimuth: 287.2°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1585

The image below is a photograph of HR1585 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 HR1585 is -0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1585 star
DSS2 image of HR1585. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1585 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1585 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1585 is distant 471.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

144.72 pc
471.78 ly
25 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/year
-0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1585

HR1585 belongs to spectral class K1

-0.32
K1
4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1585 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1585. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1585

SAO94227
SAO94227