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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR1908

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:13 | Tran: 15:08 | Set: 22:02
Alt: 49.20°   Az: 169.86°   Direction: South

HR1908 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1908 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR1908 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 HR1908 star
DSS2 image of HR1908. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1908 during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 38m 28s
+11° 02’ 55”
23h 33m 04s
05h 11m 33s

J2000

05h 37m 04s
+11° 02’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

194.33°
-11.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1908.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

-1.07
K4III
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1908 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1908. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1908 is distant 821.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 111 kilometers per second.

251.89
821.16
-111 km/s
0.051 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94702
SAO94702

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1908 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.0°
Max altitude: 49.6°
Azimuth: 281.0°