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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR1987

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:23 | Tran: 15:10 | Set: 21:56
Alt: 46.05°   Az: 203.08°   Direction: South-South-West

HR1987 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1987 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR1987 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 HR1987 star
DSS2 image of HR1987. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1987 during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 48m 15s
+09° 31’ 47”
01h 04m 03s
06h 52m 19s

J2000

05h 46m 52s
+09° 31’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

196.9°
-9.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1987.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Giant

0.97
G8III
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1987 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1987. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1987 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR1987 double sysyem:

5.79
11.69
5.9
17.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1987 is distant 299.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

91.91
299.63
-26 km/s
-0.034 arcsec/y
-0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113124
SAO113124

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1987 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.5°
Max altitude: 48.0°
Azimuth: 279.5°