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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR1870

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -33.23°   Az: 123.76°   Direction: South-East

HR1870 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR1870 visual magnitude is 5.86. Because of its faintness, HR1870 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 HR1870 star
DSS2 image of HR1870. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1870 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 32m 19s
-45° 54’ 28”
18h 07m 24s
23h 39m 43s

J2000

05h 31m 36s
-45° 55’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

252.02°
-32.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1870.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.86
Giant

0.07
K3III
4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1870 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1870. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1870 is distant 468.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

143.68
468.39
7 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217382
SAO217382

Visibility from Your Location

HR1870 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK