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HR1927

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -14.73°   Az: 152.85°   Direction: South-South-East

HR1927 is a variable giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR1927 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR1927 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 HR1927 star
DSS2 image of HR1927. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1927 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 36m 43s
-47° 17’ 59”
21h 17m 35s
02h 54m 18s

J2000

05h 36m 02s
-47° 18’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

253.76°
-32.01°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1927 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1927.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Giant

0.09
K2III
4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1927 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1927. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1927 is distant 521.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

160.00
521.60
16 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217422
SAO217422

Visibility from Your Location

HR1927 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK