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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR1902

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:57 | Tran: 14:33 | Set: 23:08
Alt: 6.58°   Az: 54.03°   Direction: North-East

HR1902 is a variable and multiple sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1902 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR1902 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 HR1902 star
DSS2 image of HR1902. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1902 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 38m 44s
+26° 56’ 15”
16h 17m 37s
21h 56m 21s

J2000

05h 37m 08s
+26° 55’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

180.72°
-2.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1902.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Sub-giant

0.00
B9IV
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1902 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1902. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1902 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1902 double sysyem:

5.83
5.93
0.1
1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1902 is distant 477.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

146.41
477.31
10 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77322
SAO77322

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1902 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.1°
Max altitude: 65.5°
Azimuth: 296.9°