HR498

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:59 | Tran: 11:21 | Set: 12:43

Alt: -45.25° Az: 95.50° Direction: East

HR498 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR498 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR498 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 HR498. The red arrow shows the motion of HR498 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 43m 10s

Declination -36° 42’ 18”

Hour Angle 16h 03m 43s

Sidereal Time 17h 46m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 42m 02s

Declination -36° 49’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 258.27°

Galactic Latitude -75.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR498.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.72

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR498 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR498. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR498 is distant 304.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.37

Distance (light year) 304.39

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD10538

SAO Catalogue SAO193261

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7941

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 650

FK5 Catalogue 58

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR498 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.7° RISE 9:59

Max altitude: 1.8° TRANSIT 11:21

Azimuth: 233.3° SET 12:43

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor