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Sunset: 20:48
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HR1776

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:25 | Tran: 14:40 | Set: 23:55
Alt: 4.64°   Az: 317.02°   Direction: North-West

HR1776 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1776 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR1776 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 HR1776 star
DSS2 image of HR1776. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1776 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 26m 16s
+31° 09’ 51”
08h 29m 44s
13h 56m 01s

J2000

05h 24m 38s
+31° 08’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

175.69°
-2.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1776.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

-1.07
B9III
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1776 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1776. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1776 is distant 821.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

251.89
821.16
5 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57988
SAO57988

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1776 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.8°
Max altitude: 69.7°
Azimuth: 301.2°