HR1850

Altitude: 34.1° Azimuth: 78.4° Direction: East-North-East

HR1850 is a star in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1850 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1850 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 HR1850:

Color of HR1850 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1850 6.48

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1850 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 34.1°
Azimuth: 78.4°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1850

HR1850 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1850 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 33m 27s

Declination J2000 +32° 48’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 175.34°

Galactic Latitude -0.15°

Constellation Auriga

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1850 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1850.

Visibility of HR1850 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 HR1850 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: 57.2° RISE 15:02

Max altitude: 71.3° TRANSIT 0:39

Azimuth: 302.8° SET 10:12

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1850

The image below is a photograph of HR1850 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 HR1850 is 0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.063 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1850. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1850 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1850 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1850 is distant 296.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 91.07 pc

Distance (light year) 296.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 34 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.063 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1850

HR1850 belongs to spectral class A2

Absolute magnitude 1.68

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature of HR1850 9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1850 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1850. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1850

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36484

SAO Catalogue SAO58179

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26054

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 1028

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