HR1697

Altitude: 21.1° Azimuth: 228.2° Direction: South-West

HR1697 is a giant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR1697 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1697 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1697:

Color of HR1697 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1697 5.91

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1697 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 21.1°
Azimuth: 228.2°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1697

HR1697 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1697 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 12m 48s

Declination J2000 -06° 03’ 25”

Galactic Longitude 206.91°

Galactic Latitude -24.67°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1697 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1697.

Visibility of HR1697 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR1697 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.1° RISE 7:30

Max altitude: 32.5° TRANSIT 12:58

Azimuth: 263.9° SET 18:26

RIGHT NOW HR1697 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1697

The image below is a photograph of HR1697 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1697 is 0.027 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.032 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1697. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1697 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1697 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1697 is distant 445.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 136.80 pc

Distance (light year) 445.96 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.027 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.032 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1697

HR1697 belongs to spectral class G7 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.23

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature of HR1697 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1697 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1697. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1697

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33833

SAO Catalogue SAO131873

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24294

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 1109

In Evidence

Other stars in Orion