HR1595

Altitude: -24.2° Azimuth: 82.4° Direction: East

HR1595 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1595 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1595 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 HR1595:

Color of HR1595 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1595 6.15

Class Main-sequence

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HR1595 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -24.2°
Azimuth: 82.4°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1595

HR1595 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 HR1595 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 57m 44s

Declination J2000 -14° 13’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 213.5°

Galactic Latitude -31.51°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1595 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1595.

Visibility of HR1595 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 HR1595 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: 104.2° RISE 19:19

Max altitude: 24.3° TRANSIT 0:07

Azimuth: 255.8° SET 4:51

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1595

The image below is a photograph of HR1595 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 HR1595 is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1595. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1595 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1595 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1595 is distant 993.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 304.88 pc

Distance (light year) 993.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1595

HR1595 belongs to spectral class B1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.27

Spectral Type B1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.21

Temperature of HR1595 13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1595 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1595. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1595

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31726

SAO Catalogue SAO150029

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23060

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 1003

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