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HR659

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -33.38°   Az: 115.79°   Direction: East-South-East

HR659 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Phoenix.

HR659 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR659 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 HR659 star
DSS2 image of HR659. The red arrow shows the motion of HR659 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 15m 33s
-41° 02’ 55”
17h 42m 12s
19h 57m 46s

J2000

02h 14m 31s
-41° 10’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

257.7°
-67.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR659.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Giant

0.86
G8III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR659 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR659. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR659 is distant 333.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

102.35
333.67
14 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO215831
SAO215831

Visibility from Your Location

HR659 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK