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Sunset: 17:03
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HR1988

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:23 | Tran: 20:27 | Set: 2:35
Alt: -36.71°   Az: 347.94°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1988 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1988 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR1988 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 HR1988 star
DSS2 image of HR1988. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1988 during the next 1000 years (-1.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 47m 52s
+01° 10’ 33”
11h 21m 25s
17h 09m 17s

J2000

05h 46m 35s
+01° 10’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

204.32°
-13.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1988.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Main-sequence

2.81
G4V
5342K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1988 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1988. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1988 is distant 138.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

42.43
138.31
29 km/s
-0.073 arcsec/y
-0.148"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113119
SAO113119

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1988 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.8°
Max altitude: 39.7°
Azimuth: 271.2°