HR1655

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:26 | Tran: 4:53 | Set: 8:19

Alt: -61.70° Az: 32.63° Direction: North-North-East

HR1655 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1655 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR1655 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 HR1655. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1655 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 06m 16s

Declination -26° 07’ 12”

Hour Angle 13h 06m 09s

Sideral Time 18h 12m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 05m 16s

Declination -26° 09’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 227.54°

Galactic Latitude -33.91°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1655.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.73

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.39

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1655 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1655. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1655 is distant 240.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 73.64

Distance (light year) 240.06

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32890

SAO Catalogue SAO170050

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23668

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 2005

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1655 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.1° RISE 1:26

Max altitude: 12.4° TRANSIT 4:53

Azimuth: 243.9° SET 8:19

Set Location

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