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HR23

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -27.75°   Az: 143.54°   Direction: South-East

HR23 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Phoenix.

HR23 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR23 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 HR23 star
DSS2 image of HR23. The red arrow shows the motion of HR23 during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 10m 18s
-53° 51’ 36”
19h 47m 35s
19h 57m 54s

J2000

00h 09m 02s
-54° 00’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

316.25°
-62.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR23.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Sub-giant

0.56
G4IV
5468K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR23 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR23. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR23 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR23 double sysyem:

6.33
7.63
1.3
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR23 is distant 465.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

142.86
465.71
1 km/s
0.051 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO231943
SAO231943

Visibility from Your Location

HR23 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK