HR1940

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:51 | Tran: 5:35 | Set: 11:15

Alt: 25.21° Az: 134.54° Direction: South-East

HR1940 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1940 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR1940 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.

DSS2 image of HR1940. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1940 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 40m 45s

Declination -03° 33’ 10”

Hour Angle 21h 19m 00s

Sideral Time 02h 59m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 39m 31s

Declination -03° 33’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 207.81°

Galactic Latitude -17.61°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1940.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.92

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.27

Temperature 7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1940 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1940. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1940 is distant 134.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 41.39

Distance (light year) 134.93

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD37594

SAO Catalogue SAO132424

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26624

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 1166

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1940 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.6° RISE 23:51

Max altitude: 35.0° TRANSIT 5:35

Azimuth: 266.4° SET 11:15

Set Location

Other stars in Orion