HR51

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:40 | Tran: 9:50 | Set: 15:00

Alt: -40.61° Az: 316.93° Direction: North-West

HR51 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR51 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR51 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 HR51. The red arrow shows the motion of HR51 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 16m 12s

Declination -09° 25’ 43”

Hour Angle 09h 53m 11s

Sidereal Time 10h 09m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 14m 54s

Declination -09° 34’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 95.06°

Galactic Latitude -70.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR51.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.62

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR51 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR51. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR51 is distant 346.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.38

Distance (light year) 346.81

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD1064

SAO Catalogue SAO128660

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP1191

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 30

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR51 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.4° RISE 4:40

Max altitude: 29.1° TRANSIT 9:50

Azimuth: 260.6° SET 15:00

Set Location

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