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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR284

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:56 | Tran: 10:27 | Set: 16:59
Alt: -20.19°   Az: 48.76°   Direction: North-East

HR284 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR284 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR284 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 HR284 star
DSS2 image of HR284. The red arrow shows the motion of HR284 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 01m 08s
+06° 37’ 09”
15h 01m 06s
16h 02m 15s

J2000

00h 59m 49s
+06° 28’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

126.69°
-56.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR284.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Giant

-1.45
M2III
3555K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR284 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR284. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR284 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 HR284 double sysyem:

6.11
13.21
7.1
31 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR284 is distant 1,061.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

325.73
1,061.89
-15 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO109581
SAO109581

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR284 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.4°
Max altitude: 45.1°
Azimuth: 276.6°