HR438

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:24 | Tran: 8:30 | Set: 18:32

Alt: -1.30° Az: 341.48° Direction: South-West

HR438 is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Triangulum.

HR438 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR438 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 HR438. The red arrow shows the motion of HR438 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 33m 35s

Declination +34° 55’ 49”

Hour Angle 10h 28m 51s

Sidereal Time 12h 02m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 32m 07s

Declination +34° 47’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 132.33°

Galactic Latitude -27.33°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.39

Class Giant

HR438 is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.90

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR438 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR438. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR438 is distant 936.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 287.36

Distance (light year) 936.78

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9298

SAO Catalogue SAO54762

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7147

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 265

FK5 Catalogue 2100

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR438 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.1° RISE 22:24

Max altitude: 73.5° TRANSIT 8:30

Azimuth: 304.9° SET 18:32

Set Location

Other stars in Triangulum