HR1704

Altitude: 13.7° Azimuth: 122.7° Direction: East-South-East

HR1704 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Orion.

HR1704 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1704 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 HR1704:

Color of HR1704 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1704 6.37

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1704 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 13.7°
Azimuth: 122.7°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1704

HR1704 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 HR1704 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 13m 33s

Declination J2000 -08° 08’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 209.07°

Galactic Latitude -25.44°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1704 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1704.

Visibility of HR1704 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 HR1704 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: 98.1° RISE 18:46

Max altitude: 30.4° TRANSIT 0:07

Azimuth: 261.9° SET 5:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1704

The image below is a photograph of HR1704 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 HR1704 is 0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1704. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1704 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Spectral properties of HR1704

HR1704 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature of HR1704 12103K

Alternative designations of HR1704

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33948

SAO Catalogue SAO131887

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 1059

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