HR1648

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:04 | Tran: 6:12 | Set: 12:16

Alt: -25.43° Az: 50.59° Direction: North-East

HR1648 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class C6 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1648 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR1648 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.

DSS2 image of HR1648. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1648 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 06m 40s

Declination +01° 12’ 34”

Hour Angle 14h 57m 01s

Sideral Time 20h 03m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 05m 23s

Declination +01° 10’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.01°

Galactic Latitude -22.82°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1648.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -0.49

Spectral Type C6II

Color Index (B-V) 3.45

Temperature 2156K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1648 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1648. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1648 is distant 699.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 214.59

Distance (light year) 699.57

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32736

SAO Catalogue SAO112406

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23680

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 939

General Catalogue of Variable Stars W Ori

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1648 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.8° RISE 0:04

Max altitude: 39.7° TRANSIT 6:12

Azimuth: 271.2° SET 12:16

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Orion