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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR1837

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:46 | Tran: 15:05 | Set: 21:24
Alt: -24.98°   Az: 315.70°   Direction: North-West

HR1837 is a variable giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1837 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR1837 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 HR1837 star
DSS2 image of HR1837. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1837 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 31m 40s
+04° 13’ 19”
09h 22m 21s
14h 54m 02s

J2000

05h 30m 19s
+04° 12’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

199.53°
-15.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1837.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Giant

-0.02
K2III
4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1837 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1837. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1837 is distant 573.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

176.06
573.94
15 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112837
SAO112837

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1837 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.8°
Max altitude: 42.7°
Azimuth: 274.2°