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HR245

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -26.33°   Az: 232.18°   Direction: South-West

HR245 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Phoenix.

HR245 visual magnitude is 6.9. Because of its faintness, HR245 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR245 star
DSS2 image of HR245. The red arrow shows the motion of HR245 during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 53m 02s
-43° 34’ 16”
05h 11m 00s
06h 04m 03s

J2000

00h 51m 52s
-43° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

302.66°
-73.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR245.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.9
Main-sequence

2.23
F2V
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR245 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR245. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR245 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR245 double sysyem:

6.9
7.3
0.4
0.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR245 is distant 279.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

85.76
279.59
13 km/s
0.025 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO215270
SAO215270

Visibility from Your Location

HR245 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK