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HR1942

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:43 | Tran: 19:52 | Set: 1:05
Alt: -5.41°   Az: 261.22°   Direction: West

HR1942 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1942 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR1942 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 HR1942 star
DSS2 image of HR1942. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1942 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 40m 42s
-09° 41’ 40”
05h 45m 58s
11h 26m 41s

J2000

05h 39m 30s
-09° 42’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

213.62°
-20.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1942.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Main-sequence

0.30
B7V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1942 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1942. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1942 is distant 565.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

173.61
565.97
21 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132425
SAO132425

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1942 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.7°
Max altitude: 28.8°
Azimuth: 260.3°