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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR388

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:29 | Tran: 15:30 | Set: 20:31
Alt: 10.29°   Az: 122.85°   Direction: East-South-East

HR388 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR388 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR388 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 HR388 star
DSS2 image of HR388. The red arrow shows the motion of HR388 during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 21m 42s
-11° 06’ 27”
20h 10m 25s
21h 32m 08s

J2000

01h 20m 27s
-11° 14’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

147.57°
-72.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR388.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Giant

0.80
K1III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR388 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR388. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR388 is distant 382.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

117.23
382.18
-11 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
-0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO147746
SAO147746

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR388 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.1°
Max altitude: 27.4°
Azimuth: 258.9°