HR578

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:34 | Tran: 1:40 | Set: 8:42

Alt: -9.20° Az: 303.58° Direction: West-North-West

HR578 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Aries.

HR578 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR578 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 HR578. The red arrow shows the motion of HR578 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 00m 45s

Declination +12° 24’ 50”

Hour Angle 08h 10m 32s

Sideral Time 10h 11m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 59m 25s

Declination +12° 17’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 147.82°

Galactic Latitude -47.26°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR578.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.51

Spectral Type A6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR578 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR578. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR578 is distant 268.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 82.51

Distance (light year) 268.98

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12140

SAO Catalogue SAO92739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9295

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 261

FK5 Catalogue 2136

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR578 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.6° RISE 18:34

Max altitude: 50.9° TRANSIT 1:40

Azimuth: 282.4° SET 8:42

Set Location

Other stars in Aries