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Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR473

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:48 | Tran: 10:50 | Set: 14:53
Alt: 13.44°   Az: 206.40°   Direction: South-South-West

HR473 is a star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR473 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR473 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 HR473 star
DSS2 image of HR473. The red arrow shows the motion of HR473 during the next 1000 years (2.18 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 40m 04s
-21° 08’ 49”
01h 50m 31s
03h 30m 35s

J2000

01h 38m 51s
-21° 16’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

187.04°
-77.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR473.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.58

1.34
A4
0.34
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR473 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR473. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR473 is distant 229.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

70.37
229.42
14 km/s
0.131 arcsec/y
0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

HD10148
SAO167198
SAO167198
HIP7679
BD-22 272
2113

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR473 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.1°
Max altitude: 17.4°
Azimuth: 248.9°