HR170

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:10 | Tran: 9:20 | Set: 11:30

Alt: -56.61° Az: 286.38° Direction: West-North-West

HR170 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR170 visual magnitude is 6.69. Because of its faintness, HR170 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR170. The red arrow shows the motion of HR170 during the next 1000 years (5.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 41m 12s

Declination -33° 49’ 20”

Hour Angle 09h 22m 10s

Sidereal Time 10h 03m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 39m 57s

Declination -33° 57’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 322.13°

Galactic Latitude -82.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR170.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.69

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.60

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.51

Temperature 6344K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR170 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR170. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR170 is distant 135.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 41.46

Distance (light year) 135.16

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.333 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.116"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD3735

SAO Catalogue SAO192663

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3142

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 224

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Z Scl

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR170 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.8° RISE 7:10

Max altitude: 4.7° TRANSIT 9:20

Azimuth: 236.2° SET 11:30

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor