HR700

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:37 | Tran: 1:43 | Set: 2:46

Alt: -0.53° Az: 195.16° Direction: South-South-West

HR700 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR700 visual magnitude is 6.53. Because of its faintness, HR700 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR700. The red arrow shows the motion of HR700 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 24m 07s

Declination -37° 27’ 52”

Hour Angle 01h 16m 56s

Sidereal Time 03h 41m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 23m 06s

Declination -37° 34’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 247.15°

Galactic Latitude -68.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR700.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.53

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.25

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.61

Temperature 3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR700 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR700. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR700 is distant 1,172.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 359.71

Distance (light year) 1,172.66

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD14890

SAO Catalogue SAO193679

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11121

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 797

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR700 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.5° RISE 0:37

Max altitude: 1.1° TRANSIT 1:43

Azimuth: 232.5° SET 2:46

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax