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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR1730

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:36 | Tran: 14:30 | Set: 16:25
Alt: -50.22°   Az: 85.80°   Direction: East

HR1730 is a giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1730 visual magnitude is 6.66. Because of its faintness, HR1730 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1730 star
DSS2 image of HR1730. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1730 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 16m 41s
-34° 53’ 59”
15h 24m 18s
20h 41m 00s

J2000

05h 15m 47s
-34° 55’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

238.46°
-33.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1730.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.66
Giant

1.23
A2III
8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1730 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1730. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1730 is distant 397.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

121.80
397.08
20 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO195694
SAO195694

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1730 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.9°
Max altitude: 3.6°
Azimuth: 235.1°