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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR492

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:00 | Tran: 11:01 | Set: 16:02
Alt: -32.80°   Az: 296.03°   Direction: West-North-West

HR492 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR492 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR492 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 HR492 star
DSS2 image of HR492. The red arrow shows the motion of HR492 during the next 1000 years (0.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 42m 59s
-11° 11’ 50”
08h 38m 36s
10h 21m 36s

J2000

01h 41m 44s
-11° 19’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

162.14°
-70.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR492.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Main-sequence

2.89
F5V
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR492 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR492. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR492 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 HR492 double sysyem:

5.75
6.85
1.1
1.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR492 is distant 121.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

37.27
121.51
-10 km/s
0.043 arcsec/y
-0.412"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO147962
SAO147962

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR492 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.2°
Max altitude: 27.3°
Azimuth: 258.8°