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Sunset: 17:05
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HR379

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:01 | Tran: 15:56 | Set: 2:55
Alt: 23.78°   Az: 59.00°   Direction: East-North-East

HR379 is a double star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR379 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, HR379 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 HR379 star
DSS2 image of HR379. The red arrow shows the motion of HR379 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 20m 12s
+37° 31’ 03”
17h 25m 51s
18h 46m 04s

J2000

01h 18m 47s
+37° 23’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

128.93°
-25.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR379.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.46

0.73
A5
7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR379 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR379. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR379 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR379 double sysyem:

6.46
9.56
3.1
6.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR379 is distant 455.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

139.86
455.94
5 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO54592
SAO54592

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR379 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.5°
Max altitude: 76.0°
Azimuth: 307.5°