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HR1727

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -40.93°   Az: 125.83°   Direction: South-East

HR1727 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR1727 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR1727 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 HR1727 star
DSS2 image of HR1727. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1727 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 14m 28s
-52° 00’ 12”
17h 36m 52s
22h 51m 20s

J2000

05h 13m 53s
-52° 01’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

259.2°
-35.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1727.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Giant

-0.61
K3III
3967K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1727 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1727. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1727 is distant 701.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

215.05
701.08
34 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO233886
SAO233886

Visibility from Your Location

HR1727 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK