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HR1742

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -14.83°   Az: 191.77°   Direction: South-South-West

HR1742 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR1742 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR1742 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 HR1742 star
DSS2 image of HR1742. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1742 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 16m 14s
-52° 09’ 17”
01h 15m 00s
06h 31m 14s

J2000

05h 15m 38s
-52° 10’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

259.39°
-35.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1742.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.49
Giant

-0.61
K2III
4289K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1742 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1742. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1742 is distant 855.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

262.47
855.64
13 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO233895
SAO233895

Visibility from Your Location

HR1742 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK