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HR1703

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:37 | Tran: 19:38 | Set: 1:43
Alt: -13.41°   Az: 288.44°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1703 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1703 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR1703 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 HR1703 star
DSS2 image of HR1703. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1703 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 15m 04s
+00° 35’ 16”
07h 30m 37s
12h 45m 42s

J2000

05h 13m 47s
+00° 33’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

200.71°
-21.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1703.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Hypergiant

-0.71
M0V
3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1703 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1703. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1703 is distant 831.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

255.10
831.63
-11 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112543
SAO112543

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1703 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.4°
Max altitude: 39.1°
Azimuth: 270.6°