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HR173

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:23 | Tran: 6:08 | Set: 9:53
Alt: -26.63°   Az: 95.22°   Direction: East

HR173 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR173 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR173 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 HR173 star
DSS2 image of HR173. The red arrow shows the motion of HR173 during the next 1000 years (10.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 41m 48s
-23° 39’ 52”
17h 05m 34s
17h 47m 23s

J2000

00h 40m 32s
-23° 48’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

85.79°
-85.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR173.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
6.14
Main-sequence

3.86
G3V
0.7
5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR173 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR173. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR173 is distant 93.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 53 kilometers per second.

28.56
93.09
-53 km/s
0.644 arcsec/y
-0.333"/y

Alternative Designations

HD3795
SAO166475
SAO166475
HIP3185
CD-24 263
Gl 27.2

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR173 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.7°
Max altitude: 14.9°
Azimuth: 246.3°