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HR425

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:50 | Tran: 15:53 | Set: 20:56
Alt: -43.71°   Az: 38.22°   Direction: North-East

HR425 is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR425 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR425 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 HR425 star
DSS2 image of HR425. The red arrow shows the motion of HR425 during the next 1000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 29m 01s
-10° 46’ 19”
13h 48m 19s
15h 17m 21s

J2000

01h 27m 46s
-10° 54’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

152.44°
-71.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR425.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Giant

0.94
K4III
4086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR425 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR425. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR425 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR425 double sysyem:

6.13
9.83
3.7
1.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR425 is distant 356.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

109.29
356.28
4 km/s
0.18 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO147819
SAO147819

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR425 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.8°
Max altitude: 27.7°
Azimuth: 259.2°