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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR1915

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:57 | Tran: 15:02 | Set: 18:08
Alt: 2.95°   Az: 213.21°   Direction: South-South-West

HR1915 is a giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1915 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR1915 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 HR1915 star
DSS2 image of HR1915. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1915 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 37m 09s
-28° 41’ 36”
02h 34m 18s
08h 11m 28s

J2000

05h 36m 10s
-28° 42’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

232.71°
-28.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1915.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Giant

2.50
A2III
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1915 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1915. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1915 is distant 184.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

56.56
184.39
22 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO170587
SAO170587

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1915 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.7°
Max altitude: 9.8°
Azimuth: 241.3°