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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR578

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:01 | Tran: 11:03 | Set: 18:05
Alt: 18.09°   Az: 267.30°   Direction: 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.

Image of HR578 star
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

02h 00m 47s
+12° 25’ 01”
05h 05m 53s
07h 06m 40s

J2000

01h 59m 25s
+12° 17’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

147.82°
-47.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR578.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Main-sequence

1.51
A6V
8241K

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

HR 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.

82.51
268.98
-12 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO92739
SAO92739

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°
Max altitude: 50.9°
Azimuth: 282.4°