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public  Campo Elías, Venezuela Campo Elías, Venezuela  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Caracas
Sunrise: 6:25 
Transit: 12:44 
Sunset: 19:03
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HR1909

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:59 | Tran: 11:32 | Set: 17:06
Alt: 20.15°   Az: 130.53°   Direction: South-East

HR1909 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1909 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR1909 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 HR1909 star
DSS2 image of HR1909. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1909 during the next 1000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 36m 11s
-33° 03’ 53”
20h 06m 30s
01h 42m 42s

J2000

05h 35m 15s
-33° 04’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

237.44°
-29.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1909.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Giant

0.84
K2III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1909 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1909. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1909 is distant 317.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

97.28
317.12
44 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO195986
SAO195986

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1909 rise, transit and set times from Campo Elías, Venezuela are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Caracas):

Azimuth: 123.1°
Max altitude: 47.5°
Azimuth: 236.9°