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HR1794

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:53 | Tran: 20:03 | Set: 6:18
Alt: 9.81°   Az: 316.77°   Direction: North-West

HR1794 is a star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1794 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR1794 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 HR1794 star
DSS2 image of HR1794. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1794 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 28m 35s
+35° 28’ 36”
08h 16m 05s
13h 44m 40s

J2000

05h 26m 54s
+35° 27’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

172.38°
0.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1794.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15

-0.33
K2
3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1794 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1794. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1794 is distant 644.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

197.63
644.27
-21 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO58029
SAO58029

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1794 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.5°
Max altitude: 74.0°
Azimuth: 305.5°