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HR1764

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:54 | Tran: 19:50 | Set: 1:50
Alt: 32.46°   Az: 144.31°   Direction: South-East

HR1764 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1764 visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, HR1764 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 HR1764 star
DSS2 image of HR1764. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1764 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 22m 48s
-00° 23’ 36”
22h 02m 02s
03h 24m 51s

J2000

05h 21m 31s
-00° 24’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

202.64°
-20.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1764.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68
Main-sequence

-1.91
B3V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1764 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1764. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1764 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 HR1764 double sysyem:

5.68
11.58
5.9
37.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1764 is distant 1,075.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

330.03
1,075.91
7 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132024
SAO132024

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1764 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.4°
Max altitude: 38.1°
Azimuth: 269.6°