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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR1898

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:02 | Tran: 10:52 | Set: 16:39
Alt: 50.35°   Az: 164.51°   Direction: South-South-East

HR1898 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1898 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR1898 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 HR1898 star
DSS2 image of HR1898. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1898 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 36m 46s
-04° 20’ 59”
23h 20m 38s
04h 57m 24s

J2000

05h 35m 31s
-04° 21’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

208.07°
-18.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1898.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Sub-giant

-1.56
B2IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1898 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1898. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1898 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1898 double sysyem:

6.38
8.38
2
4.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1898 is distant 1,263.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

387.60
1,263.57
30 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132325
SAO132325

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1898 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 94.3°
Max altitude: 51.5°
Azimuth: 265.7°