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HR1709

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:52 | Tran: 19:16 | Set: 1:44
Alt: 31.56°   Az: 233.04°   Direction: South-West

HR1709 is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1709 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR1709 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 HR1709 star
DSS2 image of HR1709. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1709 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 16m 04s
+05° 10’ 59”
02h 52m 30s
08h 08m 35s

J2000

05h 14m 44s
+05° 09’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

196.62°
-18.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1709.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Giant

-0.82
K4
4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1709 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1709. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1709 is distant 598.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

183.49
598.17
-8 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112556
SAO112556

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1709 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.8°
Max altitude: 43.7°
Azimuth: 275.2°