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HR520

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -62.21°   Az: 112.40°   Direction: East-South-East

HR520 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR520 visual magnitude is 5.04. Because of its faintness, HR520 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 HR520 star
DSS2 image of HR520. The red arrow shows the motion of HR520 during the next 1000 years (2.12 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 47m 03s
-53° 23’ 44”
15h 05m 12s
16h 52m 16s

J2000

01h 46m 06s
-53° 31’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

285.68°
-61.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR520.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.04
Main-sequence

1.26
A1V
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR520 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR520. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR520 is distant 185.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

57.01
185.86
10 km/s
0.127 arcsec/y
0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO232520
SAO232520

Visibility from Your Location

HR520 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK