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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR43

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:03 | Tran: 9:29 | Set: 12:56
Alt: -16.29°   Az: 248.29°   Direction: West-South-West

HR43 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR43 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR43 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 HR43 star
DSS2 image of HR43. The red arrow shows the motion of HR43 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 15m 01s
-26° 08’ 37”
05h 33m 36s
05h 48m 37s

J2000

00h 13m 44s
-26° 17’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

36.52°
-81.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR43.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Giant

-0.56
K5III
3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR43 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR43. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR43 is distant 770.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

236.41
770.69
18 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO166131
SAO166131

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR43 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.1°
Max altitude: 12.4°
Azimuth: 243.9°