HR54

HR54 is a giant star in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR54 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR54 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR54:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR54

HR54 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR54 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR54 in the sky:

Visibility of HR54 from your location

Today's HR54 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR54

The image below is a photograph of HR54 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR54 is 0.073 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR54 from the Sun and relative movement

HR54 is distant 739.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 52 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR54

HR54 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR54 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR54