HR1748

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:12 | Tran: 5:07 | Set: 10:58

Alt: -26.85° Az: 306.33° Direction: North-West

HR1748 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1748 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR1748 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.

DSS2 image of HR1748. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1748 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 20m 50s

Declination -01° 23’ 18”

Hour Angle 08h 56m 07s

Sideral Time 14h 16m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 19m 35s

Declination -01° 24’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 203.32°

Galactic Latitude -21°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1748.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -2.44

Spectral Type B1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.11

Temperature 11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1748 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1748. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1748 is distant 1,862.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 571.43

Distance (light year) 1,862.86

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34748

SAO Catalogue SAO131983

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24847

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 859

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1748 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.4° RISE 23:12

Max altitude: 37.1° TRANSIT 5:07

Azimuth: 268.6° SET 10:58

Set Location

Other stars in Orion