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Sunset: 20:48
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HR1723

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:10 | Tran: 14:30 | Set: 17:50
Alt: -46.54°   Az: 285.61°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1723 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1723 visual magnitude is 5.07. Because of its faintness, HR1723 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 HR1723 star
DSS2 image of HR1723. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1723 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 16m 25s
-26° 54’ 58”
08h 48m 04s
14h 04m 29s

J2000

05h 15m 24s
-26° 56’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

229.22°
-31.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1723.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.07
Main-sequence

0.46
B9V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1723 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1723. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1723 is distant 272.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

83.47
272.12
29 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO170238
SAO170238

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1723 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.9°
Max altitude: 11.6°
Azimuth: 243.1°