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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR387

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:27 | Tran: 16:09 | Set: 21:52
Alt: 25.26°   Az: 226.44°   Direction: South-West

HR387 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR387 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR387 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 HR387 star
DSS2 image of HR387. The red arrow shows the motion of HR387 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 21m 51s
-03° 06’ 57”
02h 44m 04s
04h 05m 55s

J2000

01h 20m 34s
-03° 14’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

140.45°
-65.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR387.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Giant

0.18
K1III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR387 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR387. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR387 is distant 528.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

162.07
528.36
-3 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129239
SAO129239

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR387 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.1°
Max altitude: 35.4°
Azimuth: 266.9°