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Sunset: 17:03
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HR300

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:45 | Tran: 15:44 | Set: 18:43
Alt: -17.67°   Az: 244.73°   Direction: West-South-West

HR300 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR300 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR300 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 HR300 star
DSS2 image of HR300. The red arrow shows the motion of HR300 during the next 1000 years (-1.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 04m 29s
-29° 23’ 29”
05h 25m 54s
06h 30m 24s

J2000

01h 03m 17s
-29° 31’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

256.19°
-86.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR300.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Sub-giant

1.04
G5IV
4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR300 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR300. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR300 is distant 365.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 57 kilometers per second.

111.98
365.06
57 km/s
-0.114 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO166774
SAO166774

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR300 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.4°
Max altitude: 9.1°
Azimuth: 240.6°