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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 4:48  
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HR1848

HR1848 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Orion.

HR1848 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1848 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1848:

6.22
Main-sequence
HR1848 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1848

HR1848 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1848 are provided in the following table:

05h 31m 20s
-06° 42’ 29”
209.8°
-20.85°
Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1848 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1848 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1848.

Visibility of HR1848 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR1848 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.7°
Max altitude: 31.8°
Azimuth: 263.3°
HR1848 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1848

The image below is a photograph of HR1848 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1848 is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1848 star
DSS2 image of HR1848. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1848 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1848 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1848 is distant 1,762.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

540.54 pc
1,762.16 ly
23 km/s
0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1848

HR1848 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-2.44
B2V
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1848 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1848. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1848

SAO132210
SAO132210