HR1607

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:14 | Tran: 4:59 | Set: 9:40

Alt: 13.96° Az: 137.23° Direction: South-East

HR1607 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class C6 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1607 visual magnitude is 7.71. Because of its faintness, HR1607 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR1607. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1607 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 00m 44s

Declination -14° 46’ 12”

Hour Angle 21h 08m 09s

Sideral Time 02h 08m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 59m 36s

Declination -14° 48’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 214.32°

Galactic Latitude -31.33°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1607.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 7.71

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type C6II

Color Index (B-V) 5.74

Temperature 1439K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1607 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1607. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1607 is distant 817.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 250.63

Distance (light year) 817.04

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31996

SAO Catalogue SAO150058

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23203

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 915

General Catalogue of Variable Stars R Lep

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1607 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.8° RISE 0:14

Max altitude: 23.7° TRANSIT 4:59

Azimuth: 255.2° SET 9:40

Set Location

Other stars in Lepus