HR1759

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:24 | Tran: 12:03 | Set: 17:38

Alt: 35.72° Az: 201.02° Direction: South-South-West

HR1759 is a double giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1759 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR1759 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 HR1759. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1759 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 21m 41s

Declination -05° 20’ 33”

Hour Angle 01h 08m 01s

Sidereal Time 06h 29m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 20m 26s

Declination -05° 22’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 207.19°

Galactic Latitude -22.66°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.39

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.20

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1759 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1759. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1759 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1759 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.39

Secondary star magnitude 11.09

Magnitude difference 4.7

Separation 4.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1759 is distant 679.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 208.33

Distance (light year) 679.17

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34880

SAO Catalogue SAO132004

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24925

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 1225

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3926

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1759 rise, transit and set times from Bayanbulag, Mongolia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Ulaanbaatar):

Azimuth: 95.3° RISE 6:24

Max altitude: 37.8° TRANSIT 12:03

Azimuth: 264.7° SET 17:38

Name:	Bayanbulag, Mongolia
Latitude:	46° 48' 35.3" N
Longitude:	98° 5' 24.4" E
Timezone:	Asia/Ulaanbaatar

Set Location

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