HR554

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:05 | Tran: 9:18 | Set: 9:32

Alt: -14.28° Az: 224.68° Direction: South-West

HR554 is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR554 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR554 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 HR554. The red arrow shows the motion of HR554 during the next 1000 years (2.18 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 54m 28s

Declination -38° 28’ 12”

Hour Angle 04h 01m 58s

Sidereal Time 05h 56m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 53m 23s

Declination -38° 35’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 258.35°

Galactic Latitude -72.71°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.1

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.78

Spectral Type K1II

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR554 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR554. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR554 is distant 378.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 116.01

Distance (light year) 378.19

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.131 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD11643

SAO Catalogue SAO193368

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8820

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-39 573

FK5 Catalogue 2127

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR554 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.5° RISE 9:05

Max altitude: 0.0° TRANSIT 9:18

Azimuth: 231.5° SET 9:32

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax