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HR1812

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:36 | Tran: 6:48 | Set: 11:00
Alt: -13.01°   Az: 105.35°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1812 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1812 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR1812 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 HR1812 star
DSS2 image of HR1812. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1812 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 27m 04s
-19° 40’ 31”
18h 15m 00s
23h 42m 04s

J2000

05h 25m 59s
-19° 41’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

222.23°
-27.31°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1812 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1812.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Main-sequence

2.72
F2V
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1812 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1812. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1812 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1812 double sysyem:

5.89
8.69
2.8
27 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1812 is distant 140.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

43.03
140.28
6 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO150442
SAO150442

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1812 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.7°
Max altitude: 18.8°
Azimuth: 250.3°