HR1730

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:24 | Tran: 5:19 | Set: 7:13

Alt: -28.98° Az: 249.24° Direction: West-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 16m 40s

Declination -34° 54’ 01”

Hour Angle 06h 16m 32s

Sideral Time 11h 33m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 15m 47s

Declination -34° 55’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.46°

Galactic Latitude -33.84°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1730.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.66

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.23

Spectral Type A2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.15

Temperature 8571K

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

Distance (parsec) 121.80

Distance (light year) 397.08

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34435

SAO Catalogue SAO195694

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24532

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 2199

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° RISE 3:24

Max altitude: 3.6° TRANSIT 5:19

Azimuth: 235.1° SET 7:13

Set Location

Other stars in Columba