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HR500

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:12 | Tran: 15:52 | Set: 21:32
Alt: -22.29°   Az: 65.98°   Direction: East-North-East

HR500 is a bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR500 visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, HR500 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR500 star
DSS2 image of HR500. The red arrow shows the motion of HR500 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 43m 59s
-03° 33’ 51”
15h 51m 27s
17h 35m 27s

J2000

01h 42m 43s
-03° 41’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

152.75°
-63.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR500.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.99
Bright giant

-2.85
K3II
3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR500 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR500. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR500 is distant 1,202.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

369.00
1,202.95
-34 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129465
SAO129465

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR500 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.6°
Max altitude: 35.0°
Azimuth: 266.4°