HR1847

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:36 | Tran: 5:08 | Set: 12:37

Alt: -8.72° Az: 312.04° Direction: North-West

HR1847 is a double giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1847 visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, HR1847 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.

DSS2 image of HR1847. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1847 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 33m 40s

Declination +17° 04’ 27”

Hour Angle 08h 39m 19s

Sideral Time 14h 12m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 32m 14s

Declination +17° 03’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 188.5°

Galactic Latitude -8.88°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1847.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.21

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1847 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1847. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1847 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1847 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.46

Secondary star magnitude 5.86

Magnitude difference 0.4

Separation 9.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1847 is distant 1,116.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 342.47

Distance (light year) 1,116.44

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36408

SAO Catalogue SAO94630

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25950

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 794

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS4131

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1847 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.9° RISE 21:36

Max altitude: 55.6° TRANSIT 5:08

Azimuth: 287.1° SET 12:37

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus