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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR1655

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:41 | Tran: 14:08 | Set: 17:35
Alt: -46.39°   Az: 287.09°   Direction: West-North-West

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.

Image of HR1655 star
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

05h 06m 18s
-26° 07’ 09”
08h 51m 01s
13h 57m 19s

J2000

05h 05m 16s
-26° 09’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

227.54°
-33.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1655.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Giant

1.39
K2III
4368K

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

HR 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.

73.64
240.06
-3 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO170050
SAO170050

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°
Max altitude: 12.4°
Azimuth: 243.9°