HR1869

Altitude: 10.1° Azimuth: 349.6° Direction: North

HR1869 is a dwarf star in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1869 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1869 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 HR1869:

Color of HR1869 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1869 6.11

Class Dwarf

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1869 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 10.1°
Azimuth: 349.6°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1869

HR1869 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 HR1869 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 36m 15s

Declination J2000 +47° 42’ 55”

Galactic Longitude 163°

Galactic Latitude 8.3°

Constellation Auriga

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1869 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1869.

Visibility of HR1869 from your location

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

HR1869 is circumpolar and transits at 00:38 UTC (altitude: 86.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1869

The image below is a photograph of HR1869 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 HR1869 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1869. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1869 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1869 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1869 is distant 332.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 102.15 pc

Distance (light year) 332.99 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1869

HR1869 belongs to spectral class F0

Absolute magnitude 1.06

Spectral Type F0

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature of HR1869 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1869 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1869. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1869

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36719

SAO Catalogue SAO40466

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26315

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+47 1178

FK5 Catalogue 2417

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