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HR487

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.16°   Az: 243.67°   Direction: West-South-West

HR487 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR487 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR487 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 HR487 star
DSS2 image of HR487. The red arrow shows the motion of HR487 during the next 1000 years (4.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 40m 44s
-56° 04’ 00”
09h 55m 04s
11h 35m 48s

J2000

01h 39m 47s
-56° 11’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

289.6°
-59.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR487.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Main-sequence

6.21
K5V
5078K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR487 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR487. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR487 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR487 double sysyem:

5.76
5.86
0.1
10.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR487 is distant 26.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

8.15
26.56
20 km/s
0.279 arcsec/y
0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO232490
SAO232490

Visibility from Your Location

HR487 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK