Your Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
This site is free and ad-free thanks to the support of our users. If you can, please consider a donation.
public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 7:04  
clear_day Transit: 12:47  
SunsetSet: 18:30 south
sunny DaytimeWhat's Visible Now
All Constellations » Auriga » 

HR1925

Altitude: 22.4°   Azimuth: 331.3°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1925 is a multiple main-sequence star in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1925 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1925 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1925:

6.23
Main-sequence

HR1925 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 22.4°
Azimuth: 331.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1925

HR1925 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1925 are provided in the following table:

05h 41m 20s
+53° 28’ 51”
158.38°
11.95°
Auriga

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1925 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1925 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1925.

Visibility of HR1925 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR1925 is circumpolar and transits at 04:50 UTC (altitude: 88.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1925

The image below is a photograph of HR1925 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1925 is 0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.518 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1925 star
DSS2 image of HR1925. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1925 during the next 1000 years (0.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.63 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1925 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1925 is distant 39.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

12.24 pc
39.91 ly
2 km/s
0.002 arcsec/year
-0.518 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1925

HR1925 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

5.79
K1V
5163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1925 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1925. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR1925 star system properties

HR1925 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1925 double sysyem:

6.23
9.03
2.8
688 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR1925

SAO25319
SAO25319