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HR1924

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:26 | Tran: 2:25 | Set: 11:21
Alt: 13.07°   Az: 59.13°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1924 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1924 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR1924 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 HR1924 star
DSS2 image of HR1924. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1924 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 40m 53s
+29° 13’ 38”
16h 53m 21s
22h 34m 15s

J2000

05h 39m 18s
+29° 12’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

179.04°
-1.03°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1924 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1924.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Sub-giant

-1.83
B2IV
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1924 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1924. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1924 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1924 double sysyem:

5.96
7.96
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1924 is distant 1,176.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

361.01
1,176.90
20 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77354
SAO77354

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1924 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.8°
Max altitude: 67.7°
Azimuth: 299.2°