HR1613

Altitude: 19.2° Azimuth: 120.0° Direction: East-South-East

HR1613 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR1613 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1613 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 HR1613:

Color of HR1613 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1613 6.32

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1613 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 19.2°
Azimuth: 120.0°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1613

HR1613 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 HR1613 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 00m 39s

Declination J2000 -02° 03’ 56”

Galactic Longitude 201.45°

Galactic Latitude -25.45°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1613 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1613.

Visibility of HR1613 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 HR1613 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: 92.1° RISE 7:22

Max altitude: 36.5° TRANSIT 13:09

Azimuth: 267.9° SET 18:57

RIGHT NOW HR1613 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1613

The image below is a photograph of HR1613 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 HR1613 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1613. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1613 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1613 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1613 is distant 161.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.58 pc

Distance (light year) 161.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1613

HR1613 belongs to spectral class A8 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.84

Spectral Type A8IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature of HR1613 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1613 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1613. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1613

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32115

SAO Catalogue SAO131684

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23296

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 1095

In Evidence

Other stars in Orion