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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 16:15
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HR220

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:23 | Tran: 21:23 | Set: 1:26
Alt: -46.93°   Az: 298.61°   Direction: West-North-West

HR220 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR220 visual magnitude is 5.57. Because of its faintness, HR220 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 HR220 star
DSS2 image of HR220. The red arrow shows the motion of HR220 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 49m 14s
-21° 35’ 13”
09h 19m 26s
10h 08m 40s

J2000

00h 48m 01s
-21° 43’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

114.55°
-84.54°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR220 star
Simplified finder chart for HR220.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.57
Main-sequence

-0.29
B9V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR220 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR220. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR220 is distant 485.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

148.81
485.12
21 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO166585
SAO166585

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR220 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.6°
Max altitude: 16.9°
Azimuth: 248.4°