HR703
HR703 is a giant star in the constellation of Fornax.
HR703 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its reltive faintness, HR703 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 HR703:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR703
HR703 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR703 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR703 in the sky:

Visibility of HR703 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's HR703 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of HR703
The image below is a photograph of HR703 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 HR703 is 0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR703 from the Sun and relative movement
HR703 is distant 536.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of HR703
HR703 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR703 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
