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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:16
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HR1921

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:18 | Tran: 19:52 | Set: 4:29
Alt: 60.43°   Az: 220.92°   Direction: South-West

HR1921 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1921 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR1921 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 HR1921 star
DSS2 image of HR1921. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1921 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 40m 31s
+26° 37’ 48”
01h 24m 47s
07h 05m 19s

J2000

05h 38m 57s
+26° 37’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

181.19°
-2.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1921.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

0.79
G9III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1921 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1921. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1921 is distant 426.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

130.72
426.14
15 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77350
SAO77350

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1921 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.4°
Max altitude: 65.2°
Azimuth: 296.6°