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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:59  ☀️ Transit: 12:05  🌅 Sunset: 18:13

HR614

HR614 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Pisces.

HR614 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR614 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 HR614:

6.31
Giant
HR614 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR614

HR614 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR614 are provided in the following table:

02h 06m 12s
+08° 14’ 51”
152.67°
-50.26°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR614 in the sky:

Finder chart HR614 star
Simplified finder chart for HR614.

Visibility of HR614 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR614 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.8°
Max altitude: 46.8°
Azimuth: 278.2°
HR614 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR614

The image below is a photograph of HR614 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 HR614 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.036 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR614 star
DSS2 image of HR614. The red arrow shows the motion of HR614 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR614 from the Sun and relative movement

HR614 is distant 878.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

269.54 pc
878.71 ly
-26 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/year
-0.036 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR614

HR614 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.84
M2III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR614 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR614. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR614

SAO110337
SAO110337