HR1889

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:04 | Tran: 14:32 | Set: 23:00

Alt: 36.36° Az: 267.00° Direction: West

HR1889 is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1889 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR1889 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 HR1889. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1889 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 38m 04s

Declination +25° 57’ 12”

Hour Angle 04h 13m 42s

Sidereal Time 09h 51m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 36m 30s

Declination +25° 56’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 181.47°

Galactic Latitude -3.3°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.85

Spectral Type F5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.43

Temperature 6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1889 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1889. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1889 is distant 276.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 84.89

Distance (light year) 276.74

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36994

SAO Catalogue SAO77310

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26332

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 879

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1889 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.0° RISE 6:04

Max altitude: 64.5° TRANSIT 14:32

Azimuth: 296.0° SET 23:00

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus