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HR1610

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:05 | Tran: 19:21 | Set: 1:41
Alt: -4.93°   Az: 77.82°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1610 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1610 visual magnitude is 6.66. Because of its faintness, HR1610 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1610 star
DSS2 image of HR1610. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1610 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 01m 53s
+03° 39’ 05”
17h 09m 31s
22h 11m 25s

J2000

05h 00m 33s
+03° 36’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

196.07°
-22.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1610.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.66
Main-sequence

3.50
B9V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1610 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1610. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1610 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1610 double sysyem:

6.66
7.06
0.4
21.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1610 is distant 139.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

42.86
139.73
42 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112305
SAO112305

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1610 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.3°
Max altitude: 42.2°
Azimuth: 273.7°