HR1621

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:31 | Tran: 4:45 | Set: 8:55

Alt: -46.79° Az: 302.32° Direction: West-North-West

HR1621 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1621 visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1621 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR1621. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1621 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 02m 30s

Declination -20° 01’ 02”

Hour Angle 09h 27m 57s

Sideral Time 14h 30m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 01m 25s

Declination -20° 03’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 220.27°

Galactic Latitude -32.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1621.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.91

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.88

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature 10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1621 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1621. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1621 is distant 208.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.10

Distance (light year) 208.97

Radial Speed 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32309

SAO Catalogue SAO169981

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23362

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 990

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1621 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.0° RISE 0:31

Max altitude: 18.5° TRANSIT 4:45

Azimuth: 250.0° SET 8:55

Set Location

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