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HR1918

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:10 | Tran: 19:38 | Set: 1:10
Alt: -15.47°   Az: 280.12°   Direction: West

HR1918 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1918 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR1918 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 HR1918 star
DSS2 image of HR1918. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1918 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 38m 41s
-05° 55’ 29”
07h 09m 54s
12h 48m 35s

J2000

05h 37m 27s
-05° 56’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

209.79°
-19.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1918.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Main-sequence

-2.05
B1V
14087K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1918 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1918. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1918 is distant 1,358.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

416.67
1,358.33
29 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132375
SAO132375

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1918 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.9°
Max altitude: 32.6°
Azimuth: 264.1°