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Sunset: 20:54
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HR1670

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:24 | Tran: 14:09 | Set: 22:54
Alt: -9.89°   Az: 350.33°   Direction: North

HR1670 is a multiple star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1670 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR1670 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 HR1670 star
DSS2 image of HR1670. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1670 during the next 10000 years (9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 11m 20s
+28° 03’ 38”
11h 16m 47s
16h 28m 07s

J2000

05h 09m 45s
+28° 01’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

176.38°
-7.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1670.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.01

2.32
A5
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1670 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1670. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1670 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1670 double sysyem:

6.01
8.51
2.5
11.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1670 is distant 178.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

54.70
178.34
41 km/s
0.054 arcsec/y
-0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76990
SAO76990

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1670 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.9°
Max altitude: 66.6°
Azimuth: 298.1°