HR742

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:39 | Tran: 2:12 | Set: 3:42

Alt: -2.19° Az: 205.37° Direction: South-South-West

HR742 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR742 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR742 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 HR742. The red arrow shows the motion of HR742 during the next 10000 years (10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 33m 15s

Declination -36° 19’ 08”

Hour Angle 02h 08m 22s

Sideral Time 04h 41m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 32m 14s

Declination -36° 25’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 242.77°

Galactic Latitude -66.74°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR742.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.3

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.75

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR742 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR742. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR742 is distant 420.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 129.03

Distance (light year) 420.65

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.065 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15889

SAO Catalogue SAO193759

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11802

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 957

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR742 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.3° RISE 0:39

Max altitude: 2.2° TRANSIT 2:12

Azimuth: 233.7° SET 3:42

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax