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HR506

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.19°   Az: 124.72°   Direction: South-East

HR506 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR506 visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, HR506 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 HR506 star
DSS2 image of HR506. The red arrow shows the motion of HR506 during the next 1000 years (2.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 43m 26s
-53° 36’ 52”
17h 10m 16s
18h 53m 43s

J2000

01h 42m 29s
-53° 44’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

286.9°
-61.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR506.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.52
Main-sequence

4.32
F9V
6256K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR506 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR506. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR506 is distant 56.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

17.35
56.57
13 km/s
0.171 arcsec/y
-0.093"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO232501
SAO232501

Visibility from Your Location

HR506 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK