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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR161

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:12 | Tran: 15:26 | Set: 21:41
Alt: 18.70°   Az: 109.17°   Direction: East-South-East

HR161 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR161 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR161 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 HR161 star
DSS2 image of HR161. The red arrow shows the motion of HR161 during the next 1000 years (1.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 38m 48s
+03° 16’ 23”
19h 45m 22s
20h 24m 10s

J2000

00h 37m 30s
+03° 08’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

116.06°
-59.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR161.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Giant

0.15
K4III
4069K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR161 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR161. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR161 is distant 576.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

176.99
576.99
4 km/s
0.095 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO109315
SAO109315

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR161 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.7°
Max altitude: 41.8°
Azimuth: 273.3°