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HR1779

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:08 | Tran: 20:10 | Set: 6:15
Alt: 2.22°   Az: 330.46°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1779 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1779 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR1779 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1779 star
DSS2 image of HR1779. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1779 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 26m 53s
+34° 52’ 33”
09h 32m 23s
14h 59m 16s

J2000

05h 25m 13s
+34° 51’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

172.68°
-0.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1779.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55
Giant

1.04
K1III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1779 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1779. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1779 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1779 double sysyem:

6.55
8.35
1.8
31.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1779 is distant 412.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

126.42
412.14
-15 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57999
SAO57999

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1779 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.1°
Max altitude: 73.4°
Azimuth: 304.9°