HR609

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:05 | Tran: 9:41 | Set: 17:17

Alt: 33.17° Az: 257.50° Direction: West-South-West

HR609 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aries.

HR609 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR609 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 HR609. The red arrow shows the motion of HR609 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 05m 06s

Declination +18° 22’ 28”

Hour Angle 03h 57m 46s

Sidereal Time 06h 02m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 03m 42s

Declination +18° 15’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 146.03°

Galactic Latitude -41.35°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.86

Spectral Type K4

Color Index (B-V) 1.42

Temperature 3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR609 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR609. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR609 is distant 1,341.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 411.52

Distance (light year) 1,341.56

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12594

SAO Catalogue SAO92774

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9627

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 307

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR609 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.6° RISE 2:05

Max altitude: 56.9° TRANSIT 9:41

Azimuth: 288.4° SET 17:17

Set Location

Other stars in Aries