HR406

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:48 | Tran: 10:32 | Set: 16:17

Alt: 24.87° Az: 131.78° Direction: South-East

HR406 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR406 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR406 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.

DSS2 image of HR406. The red arrow shows the motion of HR406 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 26m 06s

Declination -02° 43’ 01”

Hour Angle 21h 09m 27s

Sidereal Time 22h 35m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 24m 48s

Declination -02° 50’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 142.56°

Galactic Latitude -64.44°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.58

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR406 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR406. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR406 is distant 267.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 82.17

Distance (light year) 267.87

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD8599

SAO Catalogue SAO129280

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6605

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 195

FK5 Catalogue 1037

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR406 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.7° RISE 4:48

Max altitude: 35.8° TRANSIT 10:32

Azimuth: 267.3° SET 16:17

Set Location

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