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public  Niersbach, Germania Niersbach, Germania  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:34 
Transit: 13:38 
Sunset: 21:41
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HR1797

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:15 | Tran: 11:55 | Set: 13:34
Alt: -31.79°   Az: 111.78°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1797 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1797 visual magnitude is 6.82. Because of its faintness, HR1797 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1797 star
DSS2 image of HR1797. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1797 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 24m 31s
-37° 18’ 52”
17h 31m 47s
22h 56m 19s

J2000

05h 23m 39s
-37° 20’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

241.66°
-32.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1797.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.82
Giant

0.69
K1III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1797 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1797. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1797 is distant 547.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

168.07
547.90
30 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO195809
SAO195809

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1797 rise, transit and set times from Niersbach, Germania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 127.3°
Max altitude: 2.8°
Azimuth: 232.7°