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Sunset: 20:54
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HR1596

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:10 | Tran: 13:57 | Set: 19:44
Alt: -37.10°   Az: 330.88°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1596 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1596 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR1596 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 HR1596 star
DSS2 image of HR1596. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1596 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 59m 27s
-02° 10’ 30”
10h 28m 34s
15h 28m 01s

J2000

04h 58m 10s
-02° 12’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

201.26°
-26.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1596.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Main-sequence

0.63
A2V
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1596 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1596. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1596 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1596 double sysyem:

6.35
11.85
5.5
21 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1596 is distant 454.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

139.28
454.04
37 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO131640
SAO131640

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1596 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.2°
Max altitude: 36.3°
Azimuth: 267.8°